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People and new homes in Best
In 2025 the population grew by 47 while 232 homes were finished: 0.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.2
- Population change, 2025
- +47
Population change and homes finished in Best
The population's yearly change, net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes finished. CBS.
Population change
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| Year | Population change |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 |
| 2024 | 428 |
| 2023 | 326 |
| 2022 | 287 |
| 2021 | 393 |
| 2020 | 228 |
| 2019 | 168 |
| 2018 | 325 |
| 2017 | 317 |
| 2016 | 205 |
| 2015 | 239 |
| 2014 | 120 |
| 2013 | -22 |
| 2012 | -60 |
| 2011 | -115 |
| 2010 | -139 |
| 2009 | -71 |
| 2008 | -77 |
| 2007 | 80 |
| 2006 | -22 |
| 2005 | 95 |
| 2004 | 264 |
| 2003 | 400 |
| 2002 | 792 |
| 2001 | 613 |
| 2000 | 869 |
| 1999 | 491 |
| 1998 | 554 |
| 1997 | 334 |
| 1996 | 658 |
| 1995 | 853 |
| 1994 | 332 |
| 1993 | 252 |
| 1992 | 32 |
| 1991 | 61 |
| 1990 | 236 |
| 1989 | 268 |
| 1988 | 519 |
| 1987 | 737 |
| 1986 | 546 |
| 1985 | 726 |
| 1984 | 376 |
| 1983 | -52 |
| 1982 | 51 |
| 1981 | 182 |
| 1980 | 651 |
| 1979 | 109 |
| 1978 | 540 |
| 1977 | 420 |
| 1976 | -315 |
| 1975 | -160 |
| 1974 | 45 |
| 1973 | -6 |
| 1972 | 114 |
| 1971 | 335 |
| 1970 | 548 |
| 1969 | 1,339 |
| 1968 | 420 |
| 1967 | 204 |
| 1966 | 512 |
| 1965 | 483 |
| 1964 | 550 |
| 1963 | 1,493 |
| 1962 | 393 |
| 1961 | 347 |
| 1960 | 413 |
| 1959 | 301 |
| 1958 | 237 |
| 1957 | 207 |
| 1956 | 247 |
| 1955 | 335 |
| 1954 | 162 |
| 1953 | 163 |
| 1952 | 434 |
| 1951 | 185 |
| 1950 | 220 |
| 1949 | 732 |
| 1948 | 519 |
| 1947 | 211 |
| 1946 | 288 |
| 1945 | -19 |
| 1944 | -16 |
| 1943 | 203 |
| 1942 | 181 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 232 |
| 2024 | 185 |
| 2023 | 124 |
| 2022 | 134 |
| 2021 | 185 |
| 2020 | 276 |
| 2019 | 151 |
| 2018 | 215 |
| 2017 | 69 |
| 2016 | 189 |
| 2015 | 82 |
| 2014 | — |
| 2013 | — |
| 2012 | — |
| 2011 | — |
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Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | +81 | +100 | +181 | — |
| 1943 | +69 | +134 | +203 | — |
| 1944 | −101 | +85 | −16 | — |
| 1945 | −150 | +131 | −19 | — |
| 1946 | +118 | +170 | +288 | — |
| 1947 | +64 | +147 | +211 | — |
| 1948 | +353 | +166 | +519 | — |
| 1949 | +506 | +226 | +732 | — |
| 1950 | +12 | +208 | +220 | — |
| 1951 | −13 | +198 | +185 | — |
| 1952 | +216 | +218 | +434 | — |
| 1953 | −85 | +248 | +163 | — |
| 1954 | −47 | +209 | +162 | — |
| 1955 | +118 | +217 | +335 | — |
| 1956 | +37 | +210 | +247 | — |
| 1957 | −4 | +211 | +207 | — |
| 1958 | +18 | +219 | +237 | — |
| 1959 | +93 | +208 | +301 | — |
| 1960 | +178 | +235 | +413 | — |
| 1961 | +85 | +262 | +347 | — |
| 1962 | +153 | +240 | +393 | — |
| 1963 | +1,213 | +280 | +1,493 | — |
| 1964 | +188 | +362 | +550 | — |
| 1965 | +129 | +354 | +483 | — |
| 1966 | +229 | +283 | +512 | — |
| 1967 | −105 | +309 | +204 | — |
| 1968 | +121 | +299 | +420 | — |
| 1969 | +1,056 | +283 | +1,339 | — |
| 1970 | +238 | +310 | +548 | — |
| 1971 | +90 | +245 | +335 | — |
| 1972 | −156 | +270 | +114 | — |
| 1973 | −185 | +179 | −6 | — |
| 1974 | −129 | +174 | +45 | — |
| 1975 | −337 | +177 | −160 | — |
| 1976 | −449 | +134 | −315 | — |
| 1977 | +319 | +101 | +420 | — |
| 1978 | +413 | +127 | +540 | — |
| 1979 | −46 | +155 | +109 | — |
| 1980 | +470 | +181 | +651 | — |
| 1981 | +6 | +176 | +182 | — |
| 1982 | −110 | +161 | +51 | — |
| 1983 | −206 | +154 | −52 | — |
| 1984 | +202 | +174 | +376 | — |
| 1985 | +555 | +171 | +726 | — |
| 1986 | +349 | +197 | +546 | — |
| 1987 | +512 | +225 | +737 | — |
| 1988 | +275 | +244 | +519 | — |
| 1989 | +31 | +237 | +268 | — |
| 1990 | −3 | +239 | +236 | — |
| 1991 | −173 | +234 | +61 | — |
| 1992 | −177 | +209 | +32 | — |
| 1993 | +28 | +224 | +252 | — |
| 1994 | +116 | +216 | +332 | — |
| 1995 | +699 | +154 | +853 | — |
| 1996 | +471 | +187 | +658 | — |
| 1997 | +127 | +207 | +334 | — |
| 1998 | +321 | +233 | +554 | — |
| 1999 | +272 | +219 | +491 | — |
| 2000 | +630 | +239 | +869 | — |
| 2001 | +369 | +244 | +613 | — |
| 2002 | +551 | +241 | +792 | — |
| 2003 | +136 | +264 | +400 | — |
| 2004 | +46 | +218 | +264 | — |
| 2005 | −122 | +217 | +95 | — |
| 2006 | −205 | +183 | −22 | — |
| 2007 | −64 | +144 | +80 | — |
| 2008 | −200 | +123 | −77 | — |
| 2009 | −187 | +116 | −71 | — |
| 2010 | −248 | +109 | −139 | — |
| 2011 | −216 | +101 | −115 | — |
| 2012 | −115 | +55 | −60 | — |
| 2013 | −57 | +35 | −22 | — |
| 2014 | +84 | +36 | +120 | — |
| 2015 | +200 | +39 | +239 | 82 |
| 2016 | +173 | +32 | +205 | 189 |
| 2017 | +274 | +43 | +317 | 69 |
| 2018 | +254 | +71 | +325 | 215 |
| 2019 | +168 | +0 | +168 | 151 |
| 2020 | +221 | +7 | +228 | 276 |
| 2021 | +273 | +120 | +393 | 185 |
| 2022 | +273 | +14 | +287 | 134 |
| 2023 | +276 | +50 | +326 | 124 |
| 2024 | +361 | +67 | +428 | 185 |
| 2025 | +41 | +6 | +47 | 232 |
Births, deaths and moves are CBS's, from the population register. A municipality's migration counts moves from other municipalities and from abroad, with administrative corrections; the Netherlands' counts moves to and from abroad only. Homes finished are dwellings added by new building: from the buildings register since 2015, and for the Netherlands from CBS's stock accounts since 1926. A home houses a household, not a person: two or three new residents per new home is roughly one home per new household.
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At the average sale price, a home costs €553,741. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,362 a month. The Netherlands sets no single cap on the payment: each year the law fixes how much of their income a household may spend on the mortgage, by income and interest rate.
- Payment, two incomes
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 48%
Renting the average home costs less each month than owning it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is what private tenants pay on average, after housing benefit. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €1,004
- Owning per month
- €2,333
39.6% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 256
- Per 1,000 residents
- 8.1
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −27.1%
- Recovery from the low
- 72 months
3.0% of the 13,885 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.0%
- Empty homes
- 410
In 2024, 0% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 0%