Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs in Groningen
Groningen: Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs was 19.6 Percentage of population in 2025. β² Rising
Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs in Groningen, 2000β2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of population.
Analysis
In 2025, foreign-born population - cities and fuas in Groningen stood at 19.6 Percentage of population. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 51.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign-born population - cities and fuas in Groningen peaked at 19.6 Percentage of population in 2025 and was at its lowest, 9.1 Percentage of population, in 2000.
That places Groningen 131st out of 554 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.01 Percentage of population | 9.1 Percentage of population | 10.8 Percentage of population | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.99 Percentage of population | 11.1 Percentage of population | 15.4 Percentage of population | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.78 Percentage of population | 16.2 Percentage of population | 19.6 Percentage of population | 6 |
More population data for Groningen
- Heat stress - Cities and FUAs β Mean population exposure to heat 4.99 Days per year (2025)
- Population by age and sex - Cities and FUAs 244,441 Persons (2025)
- Population by citizenship - Cities and FUAs 12.2 Percentage of population (2025)
- Population and built-up density - Cities and FUAs β Urbanised area 15 Square kilometres (2030)
- Population on 1 January by age group, sex and NUTS 2 region 602,833 (2025)
- Population on 1 January by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 602,833 (2025)
- Animal populations by NUTS 2 region 189.05 (2025)
- Live births (total) by NUTS 3 region 4,816 (2024)
- Population density by NUTS 3 region 261.3 (2024)
- Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and NUTS 3 region 602,833 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign-born population - cities and fuas in Groningen?
- Foreign-born population - cities and fuas in Groningen was 19.6 Percentage of population in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest foreign-born population - cities and fuas recorded in Groningen?
- The highest recorded value was 19.6 Percentage of population in 2025.
- What is the lowest foreign-born population - cities and fuas recorded in Groningen?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.1 Percentage of population in 2000.
- How does Groningen rank for foreign-born population - cities and fuas?
- Groningen ranks 131st out of 554 regions with data for 2025.
- Is foreign-born population - cities and fuas rising or falling in Groningen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Groningen data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<p align="justify">This dataset provides population counts for native and foreign-born population in OECD Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) and cities.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify"> Population by origin data is collected at the level of small administrative units (e.g. municipalities) and aggregated at the FUA and city level. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.parquet>parquet </a> and <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.csv>csv</a> format. <br /><br /> For more details on data sources for each country, please see <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/a79b007d-en>Astruc-Le Souder et al. (2024)</a>. </p> <h3>Defining FUAs and cities</h3> <p align="justify">The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-definition-of-cities-and-functional-urban-areas.html">definition of functional urban areas</a> (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264174108-en>(OECD, 2012)</a>. FUAs consist of: <ol> <li><b>A city</b> β defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.</li> <li><b>A commuting zone</b> β including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.</li> </ol> The delineation process includes: <ul> <li>Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.</li> <li>Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.</li> </ul> <p>The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.</p> <h3>Cite this dataset</h3> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href="http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/yy">Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs</a>),Β <a href="http://oe.cd/geostats">http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <h3>Further information</h3> <ul> <li> <a href=https://localdataportal.oecd.org/>OECD Local Data Portal </a> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html/>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance </a> </li> </ul> <p align="justify">For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:CitiesStat@oecd.org">CitiesStat@oecd.org</a>