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Netherlands

Iranians in Netherlands: a history

Refugees came in the 1980s and 1990s. Halleh Ghorashi’s research on Iranian women in exile was carried out here.

02Figures

65,721 (50,646 born abroad, 15,075 born in the Netherlands)

Iranian origin, 2026

CBS StatLine table 85384NED Verified