Geographical distribution of Dutch speakers

Dutch speakers, or Batavophones, are globally concentrated in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname. Dutch is also spoken in minority areas through Europe and in many immigrant communities in all over the world. Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch, but is regarded as a separate language and will not be analyzed in this article.

Statistics

Native speakers

Country	Absolute	%	Year	Reference
Austria	3,802	0.05%	2001	[1]
Belgium	6,064,866	54.8%	2012	[2][note 1]
Canada	99,020	0.3%	2016	[3]
Finland	1,650	0.03%	2018	[4]
France	96,908	0.2%	2007	[5][note 1]
Germany	102,000	0.1%	2023	[6]
Indonesia	500,000	0.03%	1985	[7]
Luxembourg	9,848	1.9%	2012	[2][note 1]
Netherlands	15,766,786	94.2%	2012	[2][note 1]
New Zealand	23,860	0.5%	2018	[8][note 2]
South Africa	5,466	0.01%	1996	[9]
Suriname	400,000	60%	2020
Switzerland	22,167	0.3%	2011	[9]
United Kingdom	30,407	0.05%	2011	[10][11]
United States	183,885	0.1%	2017	[12][note 2]

See also

• Geolinguistics
• Language geography

Notes

1. Population data by Eurostat, using the source year. "The number of persons having their usual residence in a country on 1 January of the respective year". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
2. The reported population size was obtained by projecting the respondent percentage to the total population, since the source either included the part of the population who didn't answer or didn't take into account some parts of the population, for example children.