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People and new homes in Utrecht
In 2025 the population grew by 1,369 while 2,681 homes were finished: 0.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.5
- Population change, 2025
- +1,369
Population change and homes finished in Utrecht
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 | 1,369 |
| 2024 | 2,530 |
| 2023 | 6,308 |
| 2022 | 6,271 |
| 2021 | 2,359 |
| 2020 | 1,779 |
| 2019 | 4,768 |
| 2018 | 5,396 |
| 2017 | 4,450 |
| 2016 | 4,055 |
| 2015 | 4,790 |
| 2014 | 5,994 |
| 2013 | 6,219 |
| 2012 | 5,635 |
| 2011 | 4,887 |
| 2010 | 4,311 |
| 2009 | 6,902 |
| 2008 | 4,969 |
| 2007 | 6,171 |
| 2006 | 7,268 |
| 2005 | 5,537 |
| 2004 | 4,850 |
| 2003 | 5,023 |
| 2002 | 4,359 |
| 2001 | 4,072 |
| 2000 | 284 |
| 1999 | 920 |
| 1998 | -19 |
| 1997 | -1,207 |
| 1996 | -293 |
| 1995 | -1,443 |
| 1994 | 243 |
| 1993 | -61 |
| 1992 | 1,428 |
| 1991 | 1,474 |
| 1990 | 873 |
| 1989 | -275 |
| 1988 | 261 |
| 1987 | 1,047 |
| 1986 | -609 |
| 1985 | -39 |
| 1984 | -452 |
| 1983 | -1,363 |
| 1982 | -2,783 |
| 1981 | -1,685 |
| 1980 | -839 |
| 1979 | 972 |
| 1978 | -4,663 |
| 1977 | -4,590 |
| 1976 | -5,543 |
| 1975 | -4,894 |
| 1974 | -7,599 |
| 1973 | -5,808 |
| 1972 | -5,399 |
| 1971 | -3,247 |
| 1970 | -505 |
| 1969 | 2,681 |
| 1968 | 2,030 |
| 1967 | 81 |
| 1966 | 3,483 |
| 1965 | 4,185 |
| 1964 | 2,868 |
| 1963 | 3,211 |
| 1962 | 2,804 |
| 1961 | 1,968 |
| 1960 | 2,160 |
| 1959 | 2,117 |
| 1958 | 2,811 |
| 1957 | 1,519 |
| 1956 | 1,723 |
| 1955 | 2,218 |
| 1954 | 2,261 |
| 1953 | 1,560 |
| 1952 | 235 |
| 1951 | 1,412 |
| 1950 | 1,931 |
| 1949 | 2,696 |
| 1948 | 2,936 |
| 1947 | 4,037 |
| 1946 | 6,577 |
| 1945 | 3,346 |
| 1944 | 1,670 |
| 1943 | 778 |
| 1942 | 333 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,681 |
| 2024 | 1,584 |
| 2023 | 1,755 |
| 2022 | 2,958 |
| 2021 | 2,640 |
| 2020 | 2,457 |
| 2019 | 2,476 |
| 2018 | 2,451 |
| 2017 | 2,256 |
| 2016 | 1,885 |
| 2015 | 1,345 |
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Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | −1,308 | +1,641 | +333 | — |
| 1943 | −1,068 | +1,846 | +778 | — |
| 1944 | −98 | +1,768 | +1,670 | — |
| 1945 | +3,131 | +215 | +3,346 | — |
| 1946 | +2,571 | +4,006 | +6,577 | — |
| 1947 | +461 | +3,576 | +4,037 | — |
| 1948 | −306 | +3,242 | +2,936 | — |
| 1949 | −87 | +2,783 | +2,696 | — |
| 1950 | −909 | +2,840 | +1,931 | — |
| 1951 | −1,277 | +2,689 | +1,412 | — |
| 1952 | −2,481 | +2,716 | +235 | — |
| 1953 | −861 | +2,421 | +1,560 | — |
| 1954 | −802 | +3,063 | +2,261 | — |
| 1955 | −789 | +3,007 | +2,218 | — |
| 1956 | −1,205 | +2,928 | +1,723 | — |
| 1957 | −1,538 | +3,057 | +1,519 | — |
| 1958 | −83 | +2,894 | +2,811 | — |
| 1959 | −952 | +3,069 | +2,117 | — |
| 1960 | −806 | +2,966 | +2,160 | — |
| 1961 | −1,329 | +3,297 | +1,968 | — |
| 1962 | −131 | +2,935 | +2,804 | — |
| 1963 | +139 | +3,072 | +3,211 | — |
| 1964 | −419 | +3,287 | +2,868 | — |
| 1965 | +1,225 | +2,960 | +4,185 | — |
| 1966 | +596 | +2,887 | +3,483 | — |
| 1967 | −2,616 | +2,697 | +81 | — |
| 1968 | −618 | +2,648 | +2,030 | — |
| 1969 | −151 | +2,832 | +2,681 | — |
| 1970 | −3,066 | +2,561 | −505 | — |
| 1971 | −5,407 | +2,160 | −3,247 | — |
| 1972 | −6,894 | +1,495 | −5,399 | — |
| 1973 | −6,893 | +1,085 | −5,808 | — |
| 1974 | −8,130 | +531 | −7,599 | — |
| 1975 | −5,144 | +250 | −4,894 | — |
| 1976 | −5,769 | +226 | −5,543 | — |
| 1977 | −4,674 | +84 | −4,590 | — |
| 1978 | −4,718 | +55 | −4,663 | — |
| 1979 | +759 | +213 | +972 | — |
| 1980 | −1,116 | +277 | −839 | — |
| 1981 | −2,044 | +359 | −1,685 | — |
| 1982 | −3,081 | +298 | −2,783 | — |
| 1983 | −1,515 | +152 | −1,363 | — |
| 1984 | −694 | +242 | −452 | — |
| 1985 | −329 | +290 | −39 | — |
| 1986 | −1,015 | +406 | −609 | — |
| 1987 | +607 | +440 | +1,047 | — |
| 1988 | −404 | +665 | +261 | — |
| 1989 | −956 | +681 | −275 | — |
| 1990 | +176 | +697 | +873 | — |
| 1991 | +735 | +739 | +1,474 | — |
| 1992 | +478 | +950 | +1,428 | — |
| 1993 | −815 | +754 | −61 | — |
| 1994 | −598 | +841 | +243 | — |
| 1995 | −2,255 | +812 | −1,443 | — |
| 1996 | −1,063 | +770 | −293 | — |
| 1997 | −2,249 | +1,042 | −1,207 | — |
| 1998 | −1,096 | +1,077 | −19 | — |
| 1999 | −246 | +1,166 | +920 | — |
| 2000 | −1,216 | +1,500 | +284 | — |
| 2001 | +2,361 | +1,711 | +4,072 | — |
| 2002 | +2,461 | +1,898 | +4,359 | — |
| 2003 | +2,801 | +2,222 | +5,023 | — |
| 2004 | +2,536 | +2,314 | +4,850 | — |
| 2005 | +3,053 | +2,484 | +5,537 | — |
| 2006 | +4,644 | +2,624 | +7,268 | — |
| 2007 | +3,376 | +2,795 | +6,171 | — |
| 2008 | +1,997 | +2,972 | +4,969 | — |
| 2009 | +3,741 | +3,161 | +6,902 | — |
| 2010 | +1,080 | +3,231 | +4,311 | — |
| 2011 | +1,780 | +3,107 | +4,887 | — |
| 2012 | +2,373 | +3,262 | +5,635 | — |
| 2013 | +3,161 | +3,058 | +6,219 | — |
| 2014 | +2,630 | +3,364 | +5,994 | — |
| 2015 | +1,723 | +3,067 | +4,790 | 1,345 |
| 2016 | +1,005 | +3,050 | +4,055 | 1,885 |
| 2017 | +1,565 | +2,885 | +4,450 | 2,256 |
| 2018 | +2,405 | +2,991 | +5,396 | 2,451 |
| 2019 | +1,951 | +2,817 | +4,768 | 2,476 |
| 2020 | −958 | +2,737 | +1,779 | 2,457 |
| 2021 | −537 | +2,896 | +2,359 | 2,640 |
| 2022 | +3,978 | +2,293 | +6,271 | 2,958 |
| 2023 | +4,312 | +1,996 | +6,308 | 1,755 |
| 2024 | +277 | +2,253 | +2,530 | 1,584 |
| 2025 | −818 | +2,187 | +1,369 | 2,681 |
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 Utrecht
At the average sale price, a home costs €549,113. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,342 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
- 28%
- Payment, one income
- 57%
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
- €1,068
- Owning per month
- €2,314
60.0% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,623
- Per 1,000 residents
- 12.3
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −13.4%
- Recovery from the low
- 36 months
4.5% of the 171,455 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.5%
- Empty homes
- 7,725
In 2024, 22% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 22%