City · North Holland

Alkmaar: Migration background and origin

On 1 January 2026, Alkmaar had 94,445 residents. 29.1% of them (27,480 people) have a migration background: they were born abroad or have at least one parent who was. That is higher than the municipality of Alkmaar (26.4%) and about the same as the national average (29.1%). The largest origin groups are other Europe (6.0%), other Asia (5.4%) and Turkey (2.7%). 56.4% of residents with a migration background were born abroad themselves. Since 2022 the share has risen by 2.4 percentage points.

Residents: 94,445 on 1 January 2026
Migration background: 29.1% 27,480 people
Born abroad: 56.4% of those with a migration background
Change since 2022: +2.4 pp in share with a migration background

Migration background, share of residents

Share of residents with a migration background per postcode.

Where residents come from

Origin of residents on 1 January 2026, as a share of all residents.

Dutch origin and migration background

71% 29%

Dutch origin 70.9% 66,965
Migration background 29.1% 27,480

Largest origin groups

Bars show each group’s share of all residents of Alkmaar. For comparison, the line marks Municipality of Alkmaar and the circle the Netherlands.

Other Europe Europe excluding the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Poland

6.0% 5,640 people

Municipality of Alkmaar 5.5% Netherlands 5.6%
Other Asia Asia excluding Indonesia and Turkey

5.4% 5,140 people

Municipality of Alkmaar 4.8% Netherlands 5.3%
Turkey

2.7% 2,535 people

Municipality of Alkmaar 2.3% Netherlands 2.6%
Other Africa Africa excluding Morocco

2.6% 2,485 people

Municipality of Alkmaar 2.4% Netherlands 2.3%
Other Americas & Oceania Americas and Oceania excluding Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean

2.4% 2,220 people

Municipality of Alkmaar 2.2% Netherlands 1.7%
Morocco

2.3% 2,145 people

Municipality of Alkmaar 2.0% Netherlands 2.4%
Indonesia

2.1% 1,965 people

Municipality of Alkmaar 2.0% Netherlands 1.9%
Germany

1.7% 1,590 people

Municipality of Alkmaar 1.6% Netherlands 1.9%
Suriname

1.6% 1,490 people

Municipality of Alkmaar 1.4% Netherlands 2.0%
Dutch Caribbean Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

1.3% 1,215 people

Municipality of Alkmaar 1.2% Netherlands 1.1%
Poland

0.78% 740 people

Municipality of Alkmaar 0.72% Netherlands 1.4%
Belgium

0.37% 345 people

Municipality of Alkmaar 0.35% Netherlands 0.76%

First and second generation

Residents with a migration background, by whether they were born abroad themselves.

56% 44%

Born abroad (first generation) 56.4% 15,505
Born in the Netherlands (second generation) 43.6% 11,975

Men and women

Men: 46,590
Women: 47,855

Compared with all cities

Netherlands 29.1% Alkmaar 29.1%

Higher than 93% of all cities in the Netherlands

Trend since 1998

Share of residents with a migration background, compared with larger areas.

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Measure % Residents

New CBS classification

29.1%

Alkmaar
Municipality of Alkmaar
Netherlands

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Year	Alkmaar	Municipality of Alkmaar	Netherlands
1998	20.1%	18.0%	16.7%
1999	20.5%	18.4%	17.1%
2000	20.8%	18.6%	17.5%
2001	21.4%	19.1%	18.0%
2002	21.8%	19.5%	18.4%
2003	22.1%	19.7%	18.8%
2004	22.5%	20.1%	19.0%
2005	22.5%	20.1%	19.2%
2006	22.5%	20.1%	19.3%
2007	22.4%	19.9%	19.4%
2008	22.6%	20.2%	19.6%
2009	22.8%	20.4%	19.9%
2010	23.1%	20.7%	20.3%
2011	23.3%	20.9%	20.6%
2012	23.4%	21.0%	20.9%
2013	23.5%	21.1%	21.1%
2014	23.5%	21.2%	21.4%
2015	23.6%	21.3%	21.7%
2016	23.9%	21.6%	22.1%
2017	24.4%	22.1%	22.6%
2018	24.6%	22.2%	23.1%
2019	24.6%	22.3%	23.6%
2020	25.0%	22.6%	24.2%
2021	25.3%	22.9%	24.6%
2022	26.7%	24.2%	26.0%
2023	27.6%	25.1%	27.1%
2024	28.2%	25.6%	27.9%
2025	28.6%	26.0%	28.5%
2026	29.1%	26.4%	29.1%

In 2022 CBS switched to a new origin classification. Up to 2021 the line shows the old “migration background” figures; the overlap years show a small break (about +0.8 points nationally).

Postcodes in Alkmaar

				Largest group
1827 Daalmeer/Koedijk	24.4%	10,240	+2.0 pp	Other Asia
1814 Zuid	25.8%	9,720	+1.8 pp	Turkey
1825 De Mare	29.7%	8,990	+2.0 pp	Other Europe
1813 Overdie	45.7%	8,920	+1.6 pp	Turkey
1816 West	32.0%	8,755	+0.8 pp	Other Asia
1824 Huiswaard	33.9%	7,785	+4.3 pp	Other Asia
1823 Oudorp	29.1%	7,535	+1.8 pp	Other Asia
1815 Zuid, Centrum	21.2%	7,400	+3.3 pp	Other Europe
1822 Vroonermeer, Oudorp	23.5%	6,520	+0.3 pp	Other Asia
1826 De Mare	27.7%	6,440	+3.6 pp	Other Europe
1811 Centrum	27.1%	5,435	+3.3 pp	Other Europe
1817 West	28.4%	4,415	+9.5 pp	Other Europe
1821 Oudorp	21.4%	2,075	+1.3 pp	Other Europe
1812 Overdie	14.0%	215	+0.3 pp	Suriname

All figures

Number of residents per origin group on 1 January. Figures up to 2021 use the old CBS classification.

Year	Total residents	Dutch origin	Migration background	Europe	Outside Europe	Turkey	Morocco	Suriname	Indonesia	Dutch Caribbean	Germany	Poland	Belgium	Other Europe	Other Africa	Other Asia	Other Americas & Oceania	Western migration background	Non-Western migration background
1998	85,225	68,135	17,105	5,505	11,590	2,425	1,280	1,310	2,345	980	1,950	180	295	3,080	860	1,450	940	8,205	8,900
1999	85,350	67,875	17,490	5,590	11,905	2,455	1,325	1,335	2,360	990	1,960	190	290	3,150	930	1,545	970	8,325	9,165
2000	85,345	67,635	17,715	5,650	12,065	2,510	1,395	1,325	2,340	1,000	1,975	195	275	3,205	895	1,610	995	8,350	9,380
2001	85,545	67,280	18,275	5,700	12,530	2,560	1,430	1,340	2,290	1,095	1,950	200	275	3,280	980	1,835	1,000	8,380	9,880
2002	85,595	66,915	18,680	5,880	12,790	2,635	1,460	1,310	2,270	1,115	1,950	190	290	3,450	1,005	1,940	1,055	8,495	10,150
2003	86,155	67,140	19,030	5,965	13,065	2,715	1,510	1,310	2,255	1,110	1,940	215	305	3,505	1,055	1,985	1,125	8,620	10,415
2004	87,015	67,445	19,585	6,040	13,545	2,735	1,570	1,365	2,295	1,105	1,910	225	275	3,630	1,145	2,175	1,155	8,750	10,815
2005	87,210	67,565	19,660	6,030	13,650	2,725	1,620	1,335	2,260	1,105	1,930	235	295	3,570	1,115	2,270	1,225	8,720	10,950
2006	87,405	67,795	19,635	6,025	13,585	2,740	1,665	1,335	2,260	1,080	1,890	230	290	3,615	1,100	2,215	1,190	8,695	10,935
2007	87,175	67,690	19,490	5,945	13,545	2,735	1,680	1,350	2,190	1,040	1,860	265	275	3,545	1,090	2,285	1,180	8,580	10,895
2008	86,930	67,265	19,635	6,010	13,620	2,710	1,715	1,325	2,180	1,050	1,815	310	270	3,615	1,125	2,325	1,190	8,640	11,015
2009	86,525	66,790	19,735	6,040	13,690	2,720	1,740	1,345	2,155	1,045	1,780	325	265	3,670	1,125	2,360	1,205	8,635	11,105
2010	87,000	66,885	20,120	6,160	13,945	2,705	1,785	1,355	2,155	1,055	1,810	320	285	3,745	1,225	2,400	1,265	8,765	11,355
2011	87,125	66,800	20,300	6,255	14,055	2,690	1,795	1,355	2,130	1,080	1,795	335	300	3,825	1,260	2,465	1,280	8,800	11,520
2012	87,550	67,065	20,495	6,310	14,150	2,715	1,795	1,345	2,105	1,045	1,770	405	280	3,855	1,280	2,560	1,310	8,875	11,615
2013	87,815	67,170	20,635	6,335	14,280	2,670	1,815	1,365	2,095	1,050	1,770	405	295	3,865	1,295	2,675	1,320	8,885	11,725
2014	88,205	67,465	20,740	6,485	14,255	2,650	1,805	1,355	2,075	1,045	1,735	450	285	4,015	1,305	2,650	1,370	9,020	11,720
2015	88,610	67,685	20,925	6,460	14,470	2,645	1,865	1,335	2,065	1,055	1,690	460	275	4,035	1,375	2,750	1,380	8,980	11,955
2016	89,165	67,830	21,335	6,490	14,845	2,610	1,900	1,350	2,040	1,060	1,680	480	265	4,065	1,490	3,005	1,390	8,980	12,355
2017	89,870	67,910	21,960	6,535	15,420	2,605	1,935	1,355	2,020	1,055	1,675	505	270	4,085	1,505	3,490	1,455	9,025	12,930
2018	90,040	67,915	22,125	6,550	15,575	2,570	1,940	1,330	2,015	1,060	1,665	505	270	4,110	1,580	3,570	1,510	9,060	13,070
2019	90,130	67,990	22,140	6,635	15,510	2,525	1,975	1,345	1,990	1,100	1,660	530	275	4,170	1,615	3,410	1,550	9,135	13,005
2020	90,900	68,160	22,740	6,890	15,855	2,515	1,995	1,390	1,995	1,130	1,630	580	290	4,390	1,680	3,535	1,620	9,405	13,330
2021	91,260	68,200	23,060	6,925	16,140	2,505	2,060	1,400	1,995	1,135	1,595	605	275	4,450	1,755	3,655	1,635	9,445	13,620
2022	91,985	67,460	24,540	7,030	17,500	2,535	2,080	1,400	2,080	1,190	1,630	630	320	4,460	1,945	4,325	1,930	9,550	14,230
2023	92,865	67,270	25,590	7,630	17,980	2,520	2,100	1,430	2,040	1,210	1,600	665	325	5,040	2,105	4,565	2,010	10,110	14,740
2024	93,540	67,145	26,395	7,940	18,455	2,540	2,125	1,450	2,015	1,220	1,580	720	310	5,340	2,230	4,740	2,110	–	–
2025	94,090	67,175	26,910	8,105	18,815	2,515	2,150	1,480	2,000	1,230	1,590	725	330	5,455	2,330	4,940	2,185	–	–
2026	94,445	66,965	27,480	8,295	19,190	2,535	2,145	1,490	1,965	1,215	1,590	740	345	5,640	2,485	5,140	2,220	–	–

Definitions and method · CBS 85640NED (2022–2026), 83503NED (1998–2023)