Nijmegen · report
People and new homes in Nijmegen
In 2025 the population grew by 878 while 872 homes were finished: 1.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.0
- Population change, 2025
- +878
Population change and homes finished in Nijmegen
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 | 878 |
| 2024 | 1,966 |
| 2023 | 4,609 |
| 2022 | 3,398 |
| 2021 | 1,755 |
| 2020 | -287 |
| 2019 | 910 |
| 2018 | 807 |
| 2017 | 2,415 |
| 2016 | 1,524 |
| 2015 | 1,388 |
| 2014 | 2,406 |
| 2013 | 1,929 |
| 2012 | 1,212 |
| 2011 | 967 |
| 2010 | 1,277 |
| 2009 | 1,054 |
| 2008 | 467 |
| 2007 | 271 |
| 2006 | 1,286 |
| 2005 | 1,231 |
| 2004 | 614 |
| 2003 | 1,104 |
| 2002 | 1,587 |
| 2001 | 840 |
| 2000 | 1,465 |
| 1999 | 286 |
| 1998 | 1,307 |
| 1997 | 58 |
| 1996 | -568 |
| 1995 | -263 |
| 1994 | 297 |
| 1993 | 25 |
| 1992 | 649 |
| 1991 | 562 |
| 1990 | 1,034 |
| 1989 | -657 |
| 1988 | -411 |
| 1987 | -823 |
| 1986 | -543 |
| 1985 | 728 |
| 1984 | -649 |
| 1983 | 52 |
| 1982 | -35 |
| 1981 | -183 |
| 1980 | -283 |
| 1979 | -55 |
| 1978 | -320 |
| 1977 | -105 |
| 1976 | -363 |
| 1975 | 697 |
| 1974 | -395 |
| 1973 | -907 |
| 1972 | -946 |
| 1971 | 57 |
| 1970 | 1,403 |
| 1969 | 1,600 |
| 1968 | 1,759 |
| 1967 | 1,466 |
| 1966 | 2,005 |
| 1965 | 2,277 |
| 1964 | 2,027 |
| 1963 | 1,493 |
| 1962 | 1,970 |
| 1961 | 2,546 |
| 1960 | 2,154 |
| 1959 | 2,467 |
| 1958 | 2,410 |
| 1957 | 1,753 |
| 1956 | 2,282 |
| 1955 | 2,271 |
| 1954 | 1,436 |
| 1953 | 1,339 |
| 1952 | 1,541 |
| 1951 | 1,315 |
| 1950 | 2,140 |
| 1949 | 1,679 |
| 1948 | 1,452 |
| 1947 | 1,433 |
| 1946 | 2,271 |
| 1945 | 2,634 |
| 1944 | -420 |
| 1943 | 1,648 |
| 1942 | 1,228 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 872 |
| 2024 | 1,116 |
| 2023 | 1,582 |
| 2022 | 852 |
| 2021 | 778 |
| 2020 | 472 |
| 2019 | 854 |
| 2018 | 1,092 |
| 2017 | 1,456 |
| 2016 | 1,415 |
| 2015 | 700 |
| 2014 | — |
| 2013 | — |
| 2012 | — |
| 2011 | — |
| 2010 | — |
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Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | −37 | +1,265 | +1,228 | — |
| 1943 | +323 | +1,325 | +1,648 | — |
| 1944 | −632 | +212 | −420 | — |
| 1945 | +1,134 | +1,500 | +2,634 | — |
| 1946 | −11 | +2,282 | +2,271 | — |
| 1947 | −728 | +2,161 | +1,433 | — |
| 1948 | −495 | +1,947 | +1,452 | — |
| 1949 | −137 | +1,816 | +1,679 | — |
| 1950 | +440 | +1,700 | +2,140 | — |
| 1951 | −315 | +1,630 | +1,315 | — |
| 1952 | −256 | +1,797 | +1,541 | — |
| 1953 | −250 | +1,589 | +1,339 | — |
| 1954 | −159 | +1,595 | +1,436 | — |
| 1955 | +655 | +1,616 | +2,271 | — |
| 1956 | +595 | +1,687 | +2,282 | — |
| 1957 | +67 | +1,686 | +1,753 | — |
| 1958 | +705 | +1,705 | +2,410 | — |
| 1959 | +725 | +1,742 | +2,467 | — |
| 1960 | +470 | +1,684 | +2,154 | — |
| 1961 | +702 | +1,844 | +2,546 | — |
| 1962 | +94 | +1,876 | +1,970 | — |
| 1963 | −295 | +1,788 | +1,493 | — |
| 1964 | +179 | +1,848 | +2,027 | — |
| 1965 | +598 | +1,679 | +2,277 | — |
| 1966 | +245 | +1,760 | +2,005 | — |
| 1967 | −239 | +1,705 | +1,466 | — |
| 1968 | +27 | +1,732 | +1,759 | — |
| 1969 | −164 | +1,764 | +1,600 | — |
| 1970 | −292 | +1,695 | +1,403 | — |
| 1971 | −1,245 | +1,302 | +57 | — |
| 1972 | −2,001 | +1,055 | −946 | — |
| 1973 | −1,633 | +726 | −907 | — |
| 1974 | −1,034 | +639 | −395 | — |
| 1975 | +156 | +541 | +697 | — |
| 1976 | −780 | +417 | −363 | — |
| 1977 | −550 | +445 | −105 | — |
| 1978 | −840 | +520 | −320 | — |
| 1979 | −365 | +310 | −55 | — |
| 1980 | −694 | +411 | −283 | — |
| 1981 | −484 | +301 | −183 | — |
| 1982 | −418 | +383 | −35 | — |
| 1983 | −316 | +368 | +52 | — |
| 1984 | −919 | +270 | −649 | — |
| 1985 | +331 | +397 | +728 | — |
| 1986 | −907 | +364 | −543 | — |
| 1987 | −1,283 | +460 | −823 | — |
| 1988 | −761 | +350 | −411 | — |
| 1989 | −1,042 | +385 | −657 | — |
| 1990 | +622 | +412 | +1,034 | — |
| 1991 | +194 | +368 | +562 | — |
| 1992 | +208 | +441 | +649 | — |
| 1993 | −345 | +370 | +25 | — |
| 1994 | −169 | +466 | +297 | — |
| 1995 | −656 | +393 | −263 | — |
| 1996 | −912 | +344 | −568 | — |
| 1997 | −362 | +420 | +58 | — |
| 1998 | +854 | +453 | +1,307 | — |
| 1999 | −166 | +452 | +286 | — |
| 2000 | +1,054 | +411 | +1,465 | — |
| 2001 | +362 | +478 | +840 | — |
| 2002 | +1,131 | +456 | +1,587 | — |
| 2003 | +702 | +402 | +1,104 | — |
| 2004 | +159 | +455 | +614 | — |
| 2005 | +741 | +490 | +1,231 | — |
| 2006 | +849 | +437 | +1,286 | — |
| 2007 | −205 | +476 | +271 | — |
| 2008 | −179 | +646 | +467 | — |
| 2009 | +495 | +559 | +1,054 | — |
| 2010 | +661 | +616 | +1,277 | — |
| 2011 | +396 | +571 | +967 | — |
| 2012 | +780 | +432 | +1,212 | — |
| 2013 | +1,492 | +437 | +1,929 | — |
| 2014 | +1,842 | +564 | +2,406 | — |
| 2015 | +940 | +448 | +1,388 | 700 |
| 2016 | +1,116 | +408 | +1,524 | 1,415 |
| 2017 | +2,044 | +371 | +2,415 | 1,456 |
| 2018 | +490 | +317 | +807 | 1,092 |
| 2019 | +524 | +386 | +910 | 854 |
| 2020 | −555 | +268 | −287 | 472 |
| 2021 | +1,500 | +255 | +1,755 | 778 |
| 2022 | +3,269 | +129 | +3,398 | 852 |
| 2023 | +4,430 | +179 | +4,609 | 1,582 |
| 2024 | +1,740 | +226 | +1,966 | 1,116 |
| 2025 | +642 | +236 | +878 | 872 |
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.
Other reports for Nijmegen
At the average sale price, a home costs €453,897. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,936 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
- 27%
- Payment, one income
- 55%
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
- €892
- Owning per month
- €1,912
119.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,121
- Per 1,000 residents
- 11.2
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −14.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
3.5% of the 88,775 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.5%
- Empty homes
- 3,100
In 2024, 25% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 25%