Total population | |
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150,000-200,000 (1.0%) of total population | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Rotterdam | |
Religions | |
Hinduism Majority Sanātanī Minority Arya Samaj and Others | |
Languages | |
Sacred Sanskrit Majority Sarnami, Hindi, Tamil, Nepali, Pashto, Dutch Minority Other languages spoken by the Hindu diaspora |
Hinduism by country |
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Hinduism is the third largest religious group in the Netherlands, after Christianity and Islam; representing about 1.0% of the Dutch population in 2019.[1] After the United Kingdom and Italy, the third largest Hindu community of Europe lives in the Netherlands. There are between 150,000 – 200,000 Hindus currently living in the Netherlands, the vast majority of who migrated from Suriname – a former Dutch colony in South America.[2][3] There are also sizable populations of Hindu immigrants from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Afghanistan,[4] as well as a smaller number of Western adherents of Hinduism-oriented new religious movements.