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Demographic Transition Model of the Netherlands 

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Demographic Transition Model of the Netherlands 

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Unit that ties in with a current event happening in the Netherlands

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Unit that ties in with a current event happening in the Netherlands

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The unit ties in with the current event the Netherlands is facing because the unit briefly gets into topics such as immigration, overpopulation, developed vs developing, and much more. In the "Developed vs Developing" part of the unit really connects to the issue the Netherlands is facing since it has been said that the Netherlands is one of the highest-earning nations in the world but, they had struggled providing housing to the bunches of immigrants that had come to their country so it may not seem like a problem money-wise but they still had trouble getting housing for newcomers.

The unit also really ties in with the more on the current event with the Netherlands since they've been getting people immgrating to them and some of their citizens emigrated to other countries for different reasoning so the unit relaly gives a better understanding on what these words mean and how it affects the world.

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https://www.wondriumdaily.com/the-dutch-in-america/

https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Netherlands_Emigration_and_Immigration

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/netherlands-population/#:~:text=The%20population%20density%20in%20the,1%2C316%20people%20per%20mi2).&text=The%20median%20age%20in%20the%20Netherlands%20is%2043.3%20years.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiOiLO67or8AhWDlGoFHf4HBAkQFnoECAwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fec.europa.eu%2Fmigrant-integration%2Fnews%2Fnetherlands-rising-immigration-and-new-government-initiatives_en&usg=AOvVaw11DjPeODeg-vsGOTkyt0pK

https://www.ipl.org/essay/Demographic-Transition-In-Netherland-PCHZULZKUU#:~:text=Netherlands%20experiences%20low%20birth%20rates,III%20of%20demographic%20transition%20model.

https://www.populationpyramid.net/netherlands/2050/

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The Dutch experience with navigation coupled with a cheerful tolerance of others set the Netherlands up for success in North America. The story of the Dutch in America, however, begins with a look at Spain and France.

New Amsterdam a small city on Manhattan Island, New-Holland, North America now called New-York and is a part of the English colonies, about 1667. (Image: Scan by NYPL/Public domain)

The Decline of Spain

In the 16th and 17th centuries, Spanish conquistadors were sending great quantities of gold and silver from America back to Spain. This pipeline transformed Spain from being a junior member of the European family to being a world power in the 16th and 17th centuries. At the same time, however, the influx of gold and silver was like too much of a good thing. It was so good that it ended up poisoning the Spanish economy. As the supply of American wealth flowed into the Spanish system, the demand of Spaniards to buy with it drove prices all across Europe up by anywhere from 300 to 500 percent.

This is a transcript from the video series The History of the United States, 2nd Edition. Watch it now, on Wondrium.

Meanwhile, the Spanish crown lavished its portion of the new American wealth on military adventures to prop up its commitments in other places, such as in the Netherlands, which Spain ruled, but which was now erupting in a bitterly fought revolt that lasted for decades. The Dutch uprising turned into Spain's bleeding ulcer. In the end, no matter how much gold and silver was lavished on it, the Spanish were compelled to grant the Dutch conditional independence in 1609, so the effort was all for nothing.

As an added annoyance, the gold and silver of America had to make a perilous transit across the Atlantic to get to Spain. This transportation meant that other European adventurers were swift to pick off the Spanish treasure fleets at their most vulnerable, in mid-ocean. By the mid-1600s, Spain had spent away much of its American gold mine and had lost the commanding influence it had enjoyed for a century in European affairs.

Learn more about how the Spanish tapped sources of wealth in the Americas

The Dutch Discover Independence

Once out from under the thumb of Spain, the loose confederation of seven Dutch provinces, which made up the Netherlands, found itself saddled with some of the soggiest and most unproductive lands in Europe. They also had to deal with the debris of a 40-year-long struggle for independence scattered all around them.

The Dutch East India Company sponsored the first Dutch foray to America. (Image: Thomas Quine/Public domain).

Nevertheless, the long acquaintance of the Dutch with the sea allowed them, since they had so little to produce of their own, to turn into the great sea-borne carriers of other nations' goods. In so doing, the Dutch merchant marine not only profited from the carrying trade, but also ventured into maritime insurance, banking, and finance.

Within half a century of Dutch independence, Amsterdam had become the financial capital of Europe. Once the Spanish yoke was off their necks, the Dutch wasted no time in plunging into expansion across the Atlantic. As in so many other cases, though, it was not the government, but a private franchisee-the Dutch East India Company -who sponsored the first Dutch foray to America.

Learn more about a place where European ideas of society no longer applied

The Dutch East India Company

Hiring the veteran English navigator Henry Hudson, the Dutch wanted to bypass as quickly as possible the tedium of exploration and settlement and to find as swiftly as possible the long-sought Northwest Passage to the Pacific. Initially, Hudson seemed just the man to do it. His exploratory voyage for the Dutch East India Company identified a broad, navigable river-which today still bears Hudson's name-which looked as though it was quite capable of crossing a continent.

Henry Hudson entering the New York harbor in 1609 by Edward Moran (1829-1901). (Image: Edward Moran/Public domain)

Big as the Hudson River was, though, it only led deeper and deeper into the interior of the incredibly vast continent of North America. In the end, the Dutch abandoned their dreams of the Pacific for what turned out to be a more immediately lucrative share of the fur trade with the Iroquois, who preferred to steer the fur trade to the Dutch. The Dutch were willing to sell the Iroquois firearms to use on the Iroquois' enemies, the French.

The Dutch established their first trading post, in what became the colony of New Netherland, up the Hudson River at Fort Nassau. Then, in 1625, they added a base on the Atlantic coast at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, which they called New Amsterdam. Unlike the French, the Dutch allowed no supernatural considerations-no desire to convert the Indians-to stand in the way of commercial success.

Learn more about how northern settlements were motivated by ideas

New Netherlands by Nicolaes Visscher II (c.1650) (Image: United States Library of Congress/Public domain)

A Happy Dutch Colony

Although the Dutch were religiously committed to Reform Protestantism or Calvinism, the settlers of New Netherland were also committed to making profits. They cheerfully turned blind eyes to anyone of any persuasion or nationality who wished to join them in making New Netherland a commercial success.

Not only did the Dutch raise no eyebrow about immigrants from France, Germany, and England, but they also quietly ignored the assemblies of French Jews, English Quakers and Presbyterians, and German Lutherans in their midst. One observer in 1644 claimed that one could hear 18 different languages being spoken on the streets of New Amsterdam.

The colony of New Netherland was also a happier place for women. Unlike many other places in Europe in the 1600s, Dutch women could own property in their own names even while married, could make their own contracts, and could conduct their own businesses.

Learn more about how Dutch settlements (renamed New York) developed into a major commercial center

Limits of Success

The one thing the New Netherland colony was not was a commercial success. By 1660, it had recruited only 5,000 settlers, and the West India Company, the commercial successor to the East India Company, had to tempt new settlement by offering to every entrepreneur who brought 50 settlers with them the title of "Patroon" and sizeable land grants along the Hudson River. At home in Amsterdam, the Dutch tended to look on New Amsterdam as little more than a convenient supply port for Dutch ships raiding the Spanish in the Caribbean. Neither the Dutch nor the French came close to the success of the Spaniards in America.

Common Questions About the Dutch in America

This article was updated on May 30, 2020

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After the Netherlands achieved independence from Spain, Dutch merchants set sail for America. Discover what made the Dutch colony so successful.

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The Primary Cause(s) on why Dutch citizens from the Netherlands emigrate

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The Primary Cause(s) on why Dutch citizens from the Netherlands emigrate

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One of the primary cases why they emigrated was because  the Dutch immigrated to America to escape religious persecution.

Another reason is beccause since they were known for trading, particulary fur, which they obtained from the Native Americans in exchange for weapons, they found out that once in America, they found out that the fur trade was very profitable and soon began to form colonies.

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Top 5 countries people from the Netherlands are currently migrating to 

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Top 5 countries people from the Netherlands are currently migrating to 

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People from the Netherlands are currently migrating to four main countries which are Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States - the main reasons they are migrating to those countries is mainly to seek out better employment opportunities after the end of the Second War.

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Current Social Issues in the Netherlands due to Immigration 

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Current Social Issues in the Netherlands due to Immigration 

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There has been an increase of immigration in the Netherlands, statistics from the Immigration & Naturalisation Service (IND) of the Netherlands have shown a significant increase in the number of applications for residence permits from 2020 to 2021, with the majority of application approvals going to citizens from India, China, the United States, and Turkey.

There has also been a big increase in immigration / applications due to people who are relocating to the Netherlands to attend university in 2021, with IND receiving 20,560 student permit applications and according to IND, most of the international students studying in the Netherlands come from China, India, and the United States. There was also a significant jump in the number of applications for Dutch citizenship, from 43,660 in 2020 to 59,680 in 2021, 98% of these applications were approved, most commonly for thode from Syria, Eritrea and India.

The Dutch government had started outlining a number of initiatives for responding to the rising of immigration and the corresponding lack of adequate shelter and housing in the Netherlands. On the one hand, it will take measures to reduce the number of new asylum seeker arrivals and on the other hand, municipalities are working to find 20,000 extra housing places for asylum seekers with a residence permit, so that they can be moved on more quickly from the overcrowded asylum seekers' centres.

To limit the number of newcomer arrivals, the government announced that asylum seekers with a residence permit will no longer be allowed to reunite with their families before adequate housing has been found. If no housing has been found after 15 months, there family members will still receive visas but, this rule, however, goes against European directives, according to University of Amsterdam political scientist Saskia Bonjour has said that "No trick makes this legally acceptable...the longer the separation lasts, the more it harms children."

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Where are people immigrating / emigrating from? 

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Where are people immigrating / emigrating from? 

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Majority of the immigrants that go to the Netherlands have European backgrounds which is a 52.8 percent of all immigrants in 2021, a share of 20.8 percent have an Asian background - in 2021, most immigrants had a background in poland (25,269 persons)

It's also shown that little less than half of all immigrants in the Netherlands (1.4 million people) have a Western background - there so-called Western immigrants originally come from other European countries (except Turkey), the United States, Indonesia, Japan, and Austria.

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Current Immigration / Emigration Pattern in the Netherlands 

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Current Immigration / Emigration Pattern in the Netherlands 

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There are rules that are applied to people who are coming into  the Netherlands, they may require a Schengen visa, for instance or they may have to apply for a residence permit if they want to stay in the Netherlands for a long period of time.

The Netherlands also has a lawful immigration policy in which in order to visit the Netherlands legally, a residence permit and short stay visa are required if one is staying in the Netherlands for more than 90 days but, moreover if one's country of citizenship has a non-visa agreement with the Netherlands, then no visa is required.

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What phase of the demographic model is The Netherlands in?

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What phase of the demographic model is The Netherlands in?

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Due to the Netherlands experiencing low birth rates and low death rates and thus lies in the Stage 3 of demographic transition model - I know this because I had read through an article that provided information about the how the population of the Netherlands had doubled from 5.1 to 10.0 million people between the 1900 and 1950. From 1951 to 2000 the population had increased from 10.0 to 15.9 million people, increasing by a smaller portion.

Some issues that the Netherlands may face later in the future is the decrease in fertillity and having to rely on immigration to raise their population, another issue that may face is that their sea levels may start to rise due to climate change along with Muslims and immigrants experiencing harassment and discrimination, and polarization around cultural identity issues have started to increase.

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The current state of the Netherland's population 

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The current state of the Netherland's population 

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The Netherlands has been shown to be very overcrowded, it was even shown to be more overcrowded that Japan at the moment - it's been said that the fertility rate has gotten higher up untilt the 1960s and was marked as being one of the world's most densely populated countries in the world.

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The current fertility rate of the Netherlands in 2022 is 1.676 births per woman, a 0.24% increase from 2021.

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The life expectancy for the Netherlands is 81.41 years since 2020

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The population density in the Netherlands is 508 per Km (1,316 people per mi)

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The physiological density of the Netherlands according to data is 4,463

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The agricultural (physiological) density of the Netherlands is around 508 per km (1,316 people per mi)

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From the last time it was recorded which was 2020, the crude death rate for the Netherlands was 8.908

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As of now, the Netherlands in 2022 is 10.162 births per 1000 people, a 0.2% increase from 2021.

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The current infant mortality rate for the Netherlands in 2022 is 2.208 deaths per 1000 live births, a 3.33% decline from 2021.