Cika wannan jumla: Wannan ya canza lokacin da, a lokacin juyin juya halin Dutch, mutane da yawa daga Kudancin Netherlands suka gudu zuwa Arewa, musamman bayan
Antwerp ta faɗi a hannun sojojin Spain a shekara ta 1585. Yahudawa daga Spain, Portugal da Gabashin Turai sun zauna a Amsterdam, kamar yadda Jamusawa da Scandinavians suka yi. A cikin shekaru talatin, yawan mutanen Amsterdam ya ninka sau biyu tsakanin 1585 da 1610. A shekara ta 1600, yawanta ya kai kusan 50,000. A lokacin 1660s, yawan mutanen Amsterdam ya kai 200,000. Ci gaban birni ya daidaita kuma yawan jama'a ya daidaita a kusa da 240,000 don yawancin karni na 18.