Amsterdam

===Diversity and immigration===
Amsterdam experienced an influx of religions and cultures after the Second World War. With 180 different nationalities,<ref>[http://www.ois.amsterdam.nl/nieuwsarchief/2014/amsterdam-groeit-door Onderzoek, Informatie en Statistiek] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522051945/http://www.ois.amsterdam.nl/nieuwsarchief/2014/amsterdam-groeit-door |date=22 May 2016 }}, Gemeente Amsterdam</ref> Amsterdam is home to one of the widest varieties of nationalities of any city in the world.<ref>Quest, issue of March 2009</ref> The proportion of the population of immigrant origin in the city proper is about 50%<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amsterdam in cijfers 2010 |url=http://www.os.amsterdam.nl/tabel/7003/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318161044/http://www.os.amsterdam.nl/tabel/7003/ |archive-date=18 March 2012 |access-date=25 April 2012 |publisher=Os.amsterdam.nl}}</ref> and 88% of the population are Dutch citizens.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 November 2014 |title=Inwoneraantal Amsterdam blijft groeien – Gemeente Amsterdam |url=http://www.amsterdam.nl/gemeente/organisatie-diensten/dbi/nieuws/2010/juni/inwoneraantal/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141125150238/http://www.amsterdam.nl/gemeente/organisatie-diensten/dbi/nieuws/2010/juni/inwoneraantal/ |archive-date=25 November 2014}}</ref>

Amsterdam has been one of the municipalities in the Netherlands which provided immigrants with extensive and free [[Dutch language|Dutch-language]] courses, which have benefited many immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dutch for foreigners |url=http://intt.uva.nl/dutch-for-foreigners/dutch-for-foreigners.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143501/http://intt.uva.nl/dutch-for-foreigners/dutch-for-foreigners.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |website=INTT |publisher=University of Amsterdam}}</ref>

'''Inhabitants by origin'''
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="13" |Origin<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBS Statline |url=https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/37713/table |access-date=16 May 2023 |website=opendata.cbs.nl |language=nl}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" |Background group
! colspan="2" |1996
! colspan="2" |2000
! colspan="2" |2005
! colspan="2" |2010
! colspan="2" |2015
! colspan="2" |2020
|-
!Numbers
!%
!Numbers
!%
!Numbers
!%
!Numbers
!%
!Numbers
!%
!Numbers
!%
|-
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!Dutch natives
!419,863
!58.5%
!406,727
!55.6%
!384,155
!51.7%
!384,480
!50%
!402,105
!48.9%
!387,775
!44.43%
|-
!Western migration background
!94,955
!13.2%
!97 232
!13.3%
!104,452
!14.1%
!114,730
!14.9%
!134,524
!16.4%
!170 164
!19.5%
|-
!Non-Western migration background
!203,301
!28.3%
!227 329
!31.1%
!254,176
!34.2%
!268,247
!35%
!285,123
!34.7%
!314,818
!36.07%
|-
|''[[Morocco]]''
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|77,210
|8.85%
|-
|''[[Suriname]]''
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|64,218
|7.36%
|-
|''[[Turkey]]''
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|44,465
|5.09%
|-
|''[[Indonesia]]''
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|24,075
|2.76%
|-
|''[[Netherlands Antilles]] and [[Aruba]]''
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|12,174
|1.39%
|-
!Total
!718,119
!100%
!731 288
!100%
!742 783
!100%
!767 457
!100%
!821 752
!100%
!872,757
!100%
|}