Moroccans in the Netherlands

Dutch-Moroccans
المغاربة في هولندا (Arabic)
Marokkaanse Nederlanders (Dutch)
Total population
419.272[1] (2022)
c. 2.4% of the Dutch population
Regions with significant populations
Predominantly Randstad (70%), North Brabant, Limburg (16%) and Sint-Maarten (14%)
Languages
Berber (86%), Moroccan Arabic (14%), Dutch[2]
Religion
Predominantly Islam (98%) (Statista Survey)[3]
Minority: Nonreligious (2%), Christianity (1%) (Statista Survey)[4][5]
Related ethnic groups
Moroccans in Belgium, Moroccans in Germany

Moroccans in the Netherlands (Arabic: المغاربة في هولندا, Dutch: Marokkaanse Nederlanders, also known as Dutch-Moroccans) are Dutch citizens of Moroccan origin. They consist of immigrants from Morocco and their descendants, and form the second largest ethnic group in the Netherlands.[6][7]

  1. ^ "CBS Statline". Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Pays-Bas: situation géographique et administrative". axl.cefan.ulaval.ca. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. ^ Er zijn minder moslims in Nederland, maar de overgebleven groep wordt steeds orthodoxer Archived 2018-07-18 at the Wayback Machine 'There are less Muslims in the Netherlands, but the remaining group is becoming more orthodox', Trouw, 8 juni 2018
  4. ^ "Religious identification of the Moroccan-Dutch community in the Netherlands in 2015*". Statista Research Department. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020. This statistic displays the religious identification of the Moroccan-Dutch community in the Netherlands in 2015. Of the Moroccan-Dutch participants taking part in this survey, roughly 95 percent stated to consider themselves Muslims. One percent answered to see themselves as Christians.
  5. ^ Er zijn minder moslims in Nederland, maar de overgebleven groep wordt steeds orthodoxer Archived 2018-07-18 at the Wayback Machine 'There are more Muslims in the Netherlands, and the remaining group is becoming more orthodox', Trouw, 8 juni 2018
  6. ^ Gazzah 2008, p. 11
  7. ^ Dibbits 2007, p. 11

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