Divorce; age difference, children, country of birth, marriage duration

Divorces and truly divorced persons among the population of the Netherlands. This table provides information on the number of divorces and of truly divorced persons. The data is based on information from the municipal population registers and excludes the dissolution of partnership registrations. Data available from: 1996 Status of the figures: All the figures in the table are final. Amendments as of 24 June 2022: — The figures for 2021 have been added. — The year 2021 has been added to the subject ‘Divorces — By year of marriage’. — CBS is moving to a new classification of the population by origin. From now on, more decisive is where a person was born, and less determining where one’s parents were born. The word migration background is no longer used. The main classification of Western/Non-Westerns is replaced by a classification based on continents and common immigration countries. This classification is gradually introduced in tables and publications with population by origin. It can be decided that the origin classification will expire for a StatLine table. The new classification may also affect tables with characteristics such as country of birth, nationality and country of destination. To connect to this new classification, this table removes all subjects about divorces to mutual country of birth that refer to the groups “Western” and “non-Western” from the table. The deleted information is permanently available in table 'Divorces; age difference, children, country of birth, 1996-2020' (see link under 3. LINKS TO RELEVANT TABLES AND ARTICLES). When are new figures coming? In the third quarter of 2023, the figures for 2022 are included in this table.