Netherlands · report

People and new homes in the Netherlands

In 2025 the population grew by 86,630 while 69,189 homes were finished: 1.3 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025: 1.3
Population change, 2025: +86,630

Population change and homes finished in the Netherlands

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	86,630
2024	101,746
2023	132,332
2022	221,190
2021	115,667
2020	68,362
2019	125,830
2018	101,533
2017	100,287
2016	102,717
2015	78,482
2014	71,045
2013	49,199
2012	49,029
2011	74,087
2010	81,420
2009	85,161
2008	75,235
2007	42,557
2006	18,365
2005	24,080
2004	41,238
2003	58,044
2002	84,060
2001	113,064
2000	119,965
1999	100,330
1998	105,044
1997	84,547
1996	68,764
1995	68,742
1994	82,223
1993	102,319
1992	109,965
1991	118,317
1990	117,552
1989	86,925
1988	89,726
1987	99,554
1986	85,307
1985	75,159
1984	59,089
1983	54,463
1982	53,183
1981	77,021
1980	117,235
1979	105,233
1978	87,407
1977	83,067
1976	83,703
1975	135,868
1974	109,456
1973	105,085
1972	119,399
1971	149,614
1970	162,560
1969	159,823
1968	138,000
1967	127,207
1966	158,760
1965	165,715
1964	170,955
1963	162,362
1962	168,859
1961	165,221
1960	138,210
1959	139,270
1958	164,030
1957	138,281
1956	135,405
1955	143,018
1954	130,360
1953	116,158
1952	107,288
1951	128,063
1950	173,507
1949	132,802
1948	154,381
1947	173,231
1946	238,358
1945	84,007
1944	91,724
1943	52,320
1942	68,528

Homes finished

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Year	Homes finished
2025	69,189
2024	69,129
2023	73,638
2022	74,560
2021	71,221
2020	69,985
2019	71,548
2018	66,585
2017	62,982
2016	54,849
2015	48,381
2014	45,170
2013	49,311
2012	48,668
2011	62,199
2010	60,556
2009	87,835
2008	84,174
2007	85,201
2006	77,103
2005	71,541
2004	69,832
2003	64,102
2002	71,143
2001	77,181
2000	74,774
1999	82,783
1998	94,578
1997	96,353
1996	92,769
1995	97,726
1994	91,244
1993	87,373
1992	89,728
1991	86,428
1990	100,888
1989	114,809
1988	121,868
1987	113,363
1986	106,416
1985	101,116
1984	115,765
1983	114,050
1982	126,211
1981	120,547
1980	116,493
1979	90,150
1978	108,255
1977	113,522
1976	109,195
1975	123,005
1974	148,389
1973	157,460
1972	154,209
1971	136,595
1970	117,284
1969	123,117
1968	122,773
1967	127,433
1966	121,699
1965	115,027
1964	100,978
1963	79,523
1962	78,375
1961	82,687
1960	83,815
1959	83,632
1958	89,037
1957	88,397
1956	68,284
1955	60,819
1954	68,487
1953	59,597
1952	54,601
1951	58,666
1950	47,300
1949	42,791
1948	36,391
1947	9,243
1946	1,593
1945	389
1944	675
1943	3,228
1942	8,355

Year by year

Year	Net migration	Births minus deaths	Population change	Homes finished
1942	−35,407	+103,935	+68,528	8,355
1943	−65,621	+117,941	+52,320	3,228
1944	−20,135	+111,859	+91,724	675
1945	+15,798	+68,209	+84,007	389
1946	+34,053	+204,305	+238,358	1,593
1947	−16,471	+189,702	+173,231	9,243
1948	−21,083	+175,464	+154,381	36,391
1949	−22,298	+155,100	+132,802	42,791
1950	+19,718	+153,789	+173,507	47,300
1951	−23,374	+151,437	+128,063	58,666
1952	−49,322	+156,610	+107,288	54,601
1953	−32,033	+148,191	+116,158	59,597
1954	−19,237	+149,597	+130,360	68,487
1955	−5,529	+148,547	+143,018	60,819
1956	−11,278	+146,683	+135,405	68,284
1957	−12,650	+150,931	+138,281	88,397
1958	+11,662	+152,368	+164,030	89,037
1959	−17,176	+156,446	+139,270	83,632
1960	−13,093	+151,303	+138,210	83,815
1961	+6,135	+159,086	+165,221	82,687
1962	+16,678	+152,181	+168,859	78,375
1963	+8,217	+154,145	+162,362	79,523
1964	+13,478	+157,477	+170,955	100,978
1965	+18,525	+147,190	+165,715	115,027
1966	+19,665	+139,095	+158,760	121,699
1967	−11,679	+138,886	+127,207	127,433
1968	+5,877	+132,123	+138,000	122,773
1969	+19,850	+139,973	+159,823	123,117
1970	+33,267	+129,293	+162,560	117,284
1971	+32,677	+116,937	+149,614	136,595
1972	+18,842	+100,557	+119,399	154,209
1973	+20,774	+84,311	+105,085	157,460
1974	+32,724	+76,732	+109,456	148,389
1975	+71,729	+64,139	+135,868	123,005
1976	+21,067	+62,636	+83,703	109,195
1977	+19,864	+63,203	+83,067	113,522
1978	+26,272	+61,135	+87,407	108,255
1979	+42,819	+62,414	+105,233	90,150
1980	+50,220	+67,015	+117,235	116,493
1981	+13,967	+63,054	+77,021	120,547
1982	−1,624	+54,807	+53,183	126,211
1983	+1,978	+52,485	+54,463	114,050
1984	+4,465	+54,624	+59,089	115,765
1985	+19,727	+55,432	+75,159	101,116
1986	+26,101	+59,206	+85,307	106,416
1987	+35,086	+64,468	+99,554	113,363
1988	+27,242	+62,484	+89,726	121,868
1989	+26,851	+60,074	+86,925	114,809
1990	+48,411	+69,141	+117,552	100,888
1991	+49,610	+68,707	+118,317	86,428
1992	+43,118	+66,847	+109,965	89,728
1993	+44,366	+57,953	+102,319	87,373
1994	+20,083	+62,140	+82,223	91,244
1995	+13,904	+54,838	+68,742	97,726
1996	+16,804	+51,960	+68,764	92,769
1997	+27,887	+56,660	+84,547	96,353
1998	+43,118	+61,926	+105,044	94,578
1999	+40,372	+59,958	+100,330	82,783
2000	+53,873	+66,092	+119,965	74,774
2001	+50,838	+62,226	+113,064	77,181
2002	+24,332	+59,728	+84,060	71,143
2003	−317	+58,361	+58,044	64,102
2004	−16,216	+57,454	+41,238	69,832
2005	−27,428	+51,508	+24,080	71,541
2006	−31,320	+49,685	+18,365	77,103
2007	−5,757	+48,314	+42,557	85,201
2008	+25,737	+49,498	+75,235	84,174
2009	+34,481	+50,680	+85,161	87,835
2010	+33,081	+48,339	+81,420	60,556
2011	+29,768	+44,319	+74,087	62,199
2012	+13,883	+35,146	+49,029	48,668
2013	+19,103	+30,096	+49,199	49,311
2014	+35,087	+35,958	+71,045	45,170
2015	+55,106	+23,376	+78,482	48,381
2016	+79,194	+23,523	+102,717	54,849
2017	+80,665	+19,622	+100,287	62,982
2018	+86,371	+15,162	+101,533	66,585
2019	+108,035	+17,795	+125,830	71,548
2020	+68,359	+3	+68,362	69,985
2021	+107,198	+8,469	+115,667	71,221
2022	+223,798	−2,608	+221,190	74,560
2023	+137,366	−5,034	+132,332	73,638
2024	+107,768	−6,022	+101,746	69,129
2025	+93,536	−6,906	+86,630	69,189

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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Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between €483,170 and €564,960 by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027: €524,065
Chance of a rise: 73%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs €504,658. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,153 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: 25%
Payment, one income: 51%

Buy or rent

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: €968
Owning per month: €2,020

New homes

40.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months: 113,484
Per 1,000 residents: 6.3

Past cycles

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 10 times since 1995. The deepest began in August 2008.

Deepest fall: −21.3%
Recovery from the low: 48 months

Empty homes

4.5% of the 8,344,955 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026: 4.5%
Empty homes: 374,445

Renovation

In 2024, 22% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024: 22%

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €286.6M of housing works here in 2025, and €2.9B since 2017.

Signed in 2025: €286.6M
Per resident, 2025: €16