This statistic shows the total number of asylum requests in the Netherlands in 2015, by age and gender. It shows that the majority of the asylum seekers in 2015 were male (32,825) and older than 18 years (34,435).
Total number of asylum requests in the Netherlands in 2015, by age and gender
Characteristic
Men
Women
Younger than 18
7,075
3,525
Older than 18
25,750
8,685
Age unknown
5
0
05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,000
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The source defines asylum requests as requests that are to be submitted into a country as refugee, filed by persons who had to leave their country and decided to ask protection or asylum in another country. This number excludes family members joining asylum seekers already living in the Netherlands.
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (February 17, 2016). Total number of asylum requests in the Netherlands in 2015, by age and gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/527527/total-number-of-asylum-requests-in-the-netherlands-by-age-and-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Total number of asylum requests in the Netherlands in 2015, by age and gender." Chart. February 17, 2016. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/527527/total-number-of-asylum-requests-in-the-netherlands-by-age-and-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2016). Total number of asylum requests in the Netherlands in 2015, by age and gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/527527/total-number-of-asylum-requests-in-the-netherlands-by-age-and-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Total Number of Asylum Requests in The Netherlands in 2015, by Age and Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Feb 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/527527/total-number-of-asylum-requests-in-the-netherlands-by-age-and-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Total number of asylum requests in the Netherlands in 2015, by age and gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/527527/total-number-of-asylum-requests-in-the-netherlands-by-age-and-gender/ (last visited May 04, 2025)
Total number of asylum requests in the Netherlands in 2015, by age and gender [Graph], Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, February 17, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/527527/total-number-of-asylum-requests-in-the-netherlands-by-age-and-gender/
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