Amsterdam added a net 24,709 residents from abroad in 2025, according to the latest figures from Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
That is nearly double the foreign migration balance of 13,055 recorded the year before.
In total, 50,803 people moved to the city from outside the country, while 26,094 left for destinations abroad.
Domestic moves reverse
The picture inside the Netherlands looked quite different.
Some 41,216 people relocated to Amsterdam from other Dutch municipalities.
At the same time, 62,165 residents left the capital for elsewhere in the country, producing a negative domestic migration balance of almost 21,000.
Natural population growth — births minus deaths — added a little over 3,600 people.
Who is arriving
Reporting based on the CBS data indicated that the largest single group of newcomers from abroad came from Syria.
Substantial numbers also arrived from other parts of Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
Among people born in the Netherlands, the balance was negative as well: more left the country than returned.
City still growing
The foreign inflow more than offset the domestic outflow, so the overall population continued to rise.
The municipality’s Research and Statistics department projects further growth.
At the start of 2026 the city had roughly 942,000 inhabitants, according to the local population forecast published by the City of Amsterdam.
By around 2055 that figure could reach about 1.12 million if current trends hold.
These numbers form part of the regular CBS tracking of population change at municipal level and feed into longer-term planning for housing and services.
