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ING predicts that the average price for a home in the Netherlands will rise in the coming months to higher than the record set in July 2022. The provinces of Groningen, Limburg, Drenthe, Flevoland, Overijssel, Zeeland, and Noord-Brabant already have an average price higher than the record.
More than 164,000 children were born in the Netherlands last year, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) announced on Friday. That is slightly less than the year before. Just over 167,500 children were born in 2022.In 2023, the average number of children per woman was 1.43, the lowest figure to date. Since 2010, fewer children have been born per woman on average. This is because more women have decided to remain childless, the CBS concluded in December. The number of children per mother has remained the same.
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reported that the surface area of nature and forest areas in the Netherlands decreased by around 2.5 percent from 2013 to 2022, or 158 square kilometers. This coincided with an increase in built-up areas of 3.4 percent, or 277 square kilometers. That is land meant for homes, factories, offices, and infrastructure.
Last year, 1,862 people took their own lives in the Netherlands. That averages to over five suicides a day, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reported. The suicide rate is highest above the age of 40 and men are twice as likely as women to take their own lives - 14.7 per 100,000 residents for men and 6.2 per 100,000 for women.