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Netherlands (the)

Official name:

the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Name in native language:

Nederland /

Capital:

Amsterdam

ISO country code

NL

Nat. statistical agency:

Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek

Region:

Western Europe

Census Results

1795-10-21 : 2,078,487
1815-xx-xx : 2,202,191
1830-01-01 : 2,613,487
1840-01-01 : 2,860,559
1849-11-19 : 3,056,879
1859-12-31 : 3,309,128
1869-12-01 : 3,579,529
1879-12-31 : 4,012,693
1889-12-31 : 4,511,415
1899-12-31 : 5,104,137
1909-12-31 : 5,858,175
1920-12-31 : 6,865,314
1930-12-31 : 7,935,565
1947-05-31 : 9,625,499
1960-05-31 : 11,461,964
1971-02-28 : 13,060,115
2002-01-01 : 16,105,285

the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Administrative units

code	provincie	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2004-01-01 admin.	population 2010-01-01 admin.	population 2011-05-01 estimate
source: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, the Netherlands. note: admin. means administrative. The population registers of the municipalities are regularly combined to create a current population count. note: above is shown the total area, of which 33,728.64 sq.km. land and 7,814.43 sq.km. of water.
01	Groningen	Groningen	2,960.03	574,384	577,014	578,768
02	Friesland	Leeuwarden	5,748.74	642,066	646,333	647,231
03	Drenthe	Assen	2,680.36	482,415	491,019	491,197
04	Overijssel	Zwolle	3,420.86	1,105,512	1,130,664	1,135,223
05	Flevoland	Lelystad	2,412.30	359,904	388,063	393,332
06	Gelderland	Arnhem	5,136.51	1,966,929	1,999,462	2,006,489
07	Utrecht	Utrecht	1,449.12	1,112,788	1,220,912	1,230,846
08	Noord-Holland	Haarlem	4,091.75	2,587,265	2,669,772	2,698,201
09	Zuid-Holland	's-Gravenhage	3,418.50	3,451,942	3,504,636	3,534,249
10	Zeeland	Middelburg	2,933.89	379,028	381,507	381,929
11	Noord-Brabant	's-Hertogenbosch	5,081.76	2,406,994	2,445,358	2,456,187
12	Limburg	Maastricht	2,214.26	1,139,335	1,122,776	1,122,474
	Bonaire, special municipality	Kralendijk	288.00		13,389
	Saba, special municipality	The Bottom	13.00		1,737
	Sint Eustatius, special municipality	Oranjestad	21.00		2,886
	total		41,865.07	16,208,562	16,577,516	16,676,126

Expanded administrative units

code	provincie gewest gemeente	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2004-01-01 admin.	population 2010-01-01 admin.	population 2011-05-01 estimate
source: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, the Netherlands. note: admin. means administrative. The population registers of the municipalities are regularly combined to create a current population count. note: above is shown the total area, of which 33,728.64 sq.km. land and 7,814.43 sq.km. of water.
01	Groningen	Groningen	2,960.03	574,384	577,014	578,768
01	Oost-Groningen		907.49	154,611	151,957	151,166
0007	Bellingwedde	Wedde	110.07	9,704	9,275	9,362
1987	Menterwolde	Muntendam	81.62	12,621	12,486	12,381
1895	Oldambt	Winschoten	296.42	39,848	39,428	39,280
0765	Pekela	Oude Pekela	50.20	13,482	13,038	12,822
0037	Stadskanaal	Stadskanaal	119.96	33,708	33,451	33,068
0047	Veendam	Veendam	78.71	28,275	28,015	27,930
0048	Vlagtwedde	Sellingen	170.51	16,973	16,264	16,323
02	Delfzijl en omgeving		364.10	52,285	49,127	49,014
0003	Appingedam	Appingedam	24.62	12,415	12,046	12,097
0010	Delfzijl	Delfzijl	227.48	28,809	26,642	26,460
0024	Loppersum	Loppersum	111.99	11,061	10,439	10,457
03	Overig Groningen		1,688.44	367,488	375,930	378,588
0005	Bedum	Bedum	44.96	10,816	10,444	10,475
1663	De Marne	Leens	240.31	11,210	10,519	10,506
1651	Eemsmond	Uithuizen	543.36	16,927	16,419	16,349
0014	Groningen	Groningen	83.69	179,185	187,622	190,350
0015	Grootegast	Grootegast	87.78	11,934	12,129	12,213
0017	Haren	Haren	50.70	19,048	18,535	18,465
0018	Hoogezand-Sappemeer	Hoogezand	73.05	34,003	34,787	34,789
0022	Leek	Leek	64.27	19,485	19,365	19,398
0025	Marum	Marum	64.88	10,396	10,461	10,478
0040	Slochteren	Slochteren	158.84	14,906	15,577	15,497
0009	Ten Boer	Ten Boer	45.71	7,171	7,431	7,431
0053	Winsum	Winsum	102.53	14,257	14,078	13,997
0056	Zuidhorn	Zuidhorn	128.37	18,150	18,563	18,640
02	Friesland	Leeuwarden	5,748.74	642,066	646,333	647,231
04	Noord-Friesland		3,436.72	331,198	332,052	332,749
0059	Achtkarspelen	Buitenpost	103.99	28,156	28,091	28,118
0060	Ameland	Ballum	268.50	3,525	3,503	3,491
0055	Boarnsterhim	Grou	168.59	19,108	19,359	19,302
1891	Dantumadiel	Damwoude	87.49	19,762	19,289	19,318
0058	Dongeradeel	Dokkum	266.94	25,008	24,317	24,302
1722	Ferwerderadiel	Ferwert	133.18	9,008	8,841	8,853
0070	Franekeradeel	Franeker	109.16	21,048	20,621	20,678
0072	Harlingen	Harlingen	387.67	15,839	15,800	15,823
0063	het Bildt	St. Annaparochie	116.51	10,949	10,908	10,928
0079	Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland	Kollum	116.33	13,128	13,002	12,940
0080	Leeuwarden	Leeuwarden	84.10	91,354	94,131	94,868
0081	Leeuwarderadeel	Stiens	41.38	10,600	10,431	10,373
0140	Littenseradiel	Wommels	132.57	10,859	10,921	10,986
1908	Menameradiel	Menaldum	70.03	14,017	13,756	13,794
0088	Schiermonnikoog	Schiermonnikoog	199.07	992	941	950
0093	Terschelling	Terschelling West	674.00	4,725	4,724	4,697
0737	Tytsjerksteradiel	Burgum	161.42	31,963	32,260	32,193
0096	Vlieland	Vlieland	315.79	1,157	1,157	1,135
05	Zuidwest-Friesland		1,146.72	104,968	106,203	106,391
0653	Gaasterlân-Sleat	Balk	209.29	10,220	10,304	10,263
0082	Lemsterland	Lemmer	124.38	13,342	13,615	13,554
1900	Súdwest Fryslân	Sneek	813.05	81,406	82,284	82,574
06	Zuidoost-Friesland		1,165.31	205,900	208,078	208,091
0074	Heerenveen	Heerenveen	140.15	42,642	43,391	43,513
0085	Ooststellingwerf	Oosterwolde	226.08	26,683	26,209	25,969
0086	Opsterland	Beetsterzwaag	227.68	29,436	30,048	29,962
0051	Skarsterlân	Joure	216.89	27,096	27,295	27,441
0090	Smallingerland	Drachten	126.15	54,053	55,294	55,375
0098	Weststellingwerf	Wolvega	228.36	25,990	25,841	25,831
03	Drenthe	Assen	2,680.36	482,415	491,019	491,197
07	Noord-Drenthe		1,061.17	184,281	189,221	189,790
1680	Aa en Hunze	Gieten	278.86	25,218	25,593	25,760
0106	Assen	Assen	83.48	61,925	66,874	67,236
1731	Midden-Drenthe	Beilen	345.82	32,806	33,586	33,618
1699	Noordenveld	Roden	205.36	32,129	30,804	30,753
1730	Tynaarlo	Zuidlaren	147.65	32,203	32,364	32,423
08	Zuidoost-Drenthe		923.89	170,934	171,731	171,023
1681	Borger-Odoorn	Exloo	277.92	26,360	26,075	25,907
0109	Coevorden	Coevorden	299.68	36,220	36,146	35,941
0114	Emmen	Emmen	346.29	108,354	109,510	109,175
09	Zuidwest-Drenthe		695.30	127,200	130,067	130,384
	De Wolden	Zuidwolde	226.35	23,850	23,549	23,625
	Hoogeveen	Hoogeveen	129.22	53,663	54,787	54,871
	Meppel	Meppel	56.98	30,651	32,399	32,559
	Westerveld	Havelte	282.75	19,036	19,332	19,329
04	Overijssel	Zwolle	3,420.86	1,105,512	1,130,664	1,135,223
10	Noord-Overijssel		1,492.14	341,560	353,965	356,847
0148	Dalfsen	Dalfsen	166.50	26,428	27,261	27,353
0160	Hardenberg	Hardenberg	317.24	57,820	59,016	59,358
0166	Kampen	Kampen	161.84	48,949	50,073	50,494
0175	Ommen	Ommen	181.98	16,938	17,402	17,334
0180	Staphorst	Staphorst	135.70	15,665	16,154	16,201
1708	Steenwijkerland	Steenwijk	321.69	42,846	43,195	43,352
1896	Zwartewaterland	Hasselt	87.91	22,034	21,921	22,057
0193	Zwolle	Zwolle	119.28	110,880	118,943	120,698
11	Zuidwest-Overijssel		425.06	148,649	152,987	152,970
0150	Deventer	Deventer	134.37	94,470	98,660	98,786
1773	Olst-Wijhe	Olst	118.38	17,035	17,536	17,478
0177	Raalte	Raalte	172.31	37,144	36,791	36,706
12	Twente		1,503.66	615,303	623,712	625,406
0141	Almelo	Almelo	69.40	72,227	72,621	72,713
0147	Borne	Borne	26.15	20,600	21,332	21,536
1774	Dinkelland	Denekamp	176.81	26,094	26,051	26,059
0153	Enschede	Enschede	142.75	152,989	157,321	157,295
0158	Haaksbergen	Haaksbergen	105.48	24,123	24,482	24,406
0163	Hellendoorn	Nijverdal	139.03	36,105	35,784	35,764
0164	Hengelo	Hengelo	61.78	80,961	80,809	80,872
1735	Hof van Twente	Delden	215.44	35,000	35,464	35,613
0168	Losser	Losser	99.64	22,508	22,640	22,699
0173	Oldenzaal	Oldenzaal	21.98	31,392	31,976	32,227
1742	Rijssen-Holten	Rijssen	94.40	36,170	37,082	37,507
0183	Tubbergen	Tubbergen	147.40	20,298	21,152	21,181
1700	Twenterand	Vriezenveen	108.17	33,493	33,568	33,803
0189	Wierden	Wierden	95.24	23,343	23,430	23,731
05	Flevoland	Lelystad	2,412.30	359,904	388,063	393,332
40	Flevoland		2,412.30	359,904	388,063	393,332
0034	Almere	Almere	248.77	170,704	188,209	191,493
0303	Dronten	Dronten	423.86	37,768	39,825	40,256
0995	Lelystad	Lelystad	765.39	69,640	74,682	75,242
0171	Noordoostpolder	Emmeloord	595.41	45,568	46,102	46,315
0184	Urk	Urk	109.90	17,044	18,318	18,790
0050	Zeewolde	Zeewolde	268.97	19,180	20,927	21,236
06	Gelderland	Arnhem	5,136.51	1,966,929	1,999,462	2,006,489
13	Veluwe		1,860.54	642,413	654,625	657,310
0200	Apeldoorn	Apeldoorn	341.13	156,000	155,775	156,428
0203	Barneveld	Barneveld	176.74	50,019	52,472	53,231
0228	Ede	Ede	318.68	105,495	107,832	108,271
0230	Elburg	Oostendorp	65.95	21,753	22,193	22,326
0232	Epe	Epe	157.25	33,309	32,892	32,735
0233	Ermelo	Ermelo	87.38	26,590	26,261	26,155
0243	Harderwijk	Harderwijk	48.27	40,559	44,052	45,074
0244	Hattem	Hattem	24.20	11,782	11,797	11,805
0246	Heerde	Heerde	80.39	18,349	18,329	18,291
0267	Nijkerk	Nijkerk	72.05	37,983	39,544	39,846
0302	Nunspeet	Nunspeet	129.49	26,634	26,670	26,649
0269	Oldebroek	Oldebroek	98.85	22,951	22,765	22,669
0273	Putten	Putten	87.45	23,180	23,610	23,742
0279	Scherpenzeel	Scherpenzeel	13.84	9,033	9,320	9,346
0285	Voorst	Twello	126.52	23,639	23,781	23,699
0289	Wageningen	Wageningen	32.35	35,137	37,332	37,043
14	Achterhoek		1,560.96	402,275	401,934	401,692
0197	Aalten	Aalten	97.09	27,567	27,516	27,405
1859	Berkelland	Borculo	260.43	46,668	44,968	44,964
1876	Bronckhorst	Hengelo	286.41	37,761	37,737	37,603
0213	Brummen	Brummen	85.10	21,473	21,156	21,242
0222	Doetinchem	Doetinchem	79.67	56,260	56,111	56,164
0262	Lochem	Lochem	216.02	32,767	33,437	33,266
1955	Montferland	's-Heerenberg/Didam	106.54	35,340	35,183	34,981
1586	Oost Gelre	Groenlo	110.19	28,985	30,028	30,094
1509	Oude IJsselstreek	Gendringen/Varsseveld	137.87	40,380	39,895	39,878
0294	Winterswijk	Winterswijk	138.80	29,299	29,026	28,998
0301	Zutphen	Zutphen	42.84	45,775	46,877	47,097
15	Arnhem / Nijmegen		959.03	691,163	708,091	712,112
0202	Arnhem	Arnhem	101.53	141,601	147,244	148,358
0209	Beuningen	Beuningen	47.17	25,459	25,475	25,493
0221	Doesburg	Doesburg	12.90	11,446	11,606	11,625
0225	Druten	Druten	42.43	17,786	18,106	18,121
0226	Duiven	Duiven	35.15	25,812	25,624	25,582
0241	Groesbeek	Groesbeek	44.12	18,839	18,947	18,812
0252	Heumen	Malden	41.58	16,686	16,646	16,466
1705	Lingewaard	Bemmel	69.18	43,019	45,453	45,746
0265	Millingen aan de Rijn	Millingen aan de Rijn	10.32	5,914	5,919	5,928
0268	Nijmegen	Nijmegen	57.53	157,466	162,932	164,438
1734	Overbetuwe	Elst	115.18	41,176	45,546	46,038
0274	Renkum	Oosterbeek	47.12	31,908	31,684	31,508
0275	Rheden	De Steeg	84.39	44,886	43,718	43,921
0196	Rijnwaarden	Lobith	48.14	11,198	11,064	11,038
0277	Rozendaal	Rozendaal	27.95	1,509	1,499	1,516
0282	Ubbergen	Beek-Ubbergen	38.80	9,362	9,338	9,365
0293	Westervoort	Westervoort	7.84	16,068	15,242	15,268
0296	Wijchen	Wijchen	69.58	39,878	40,158	40,588
0299	Zevenaar	Zevenaar	58.13	31,150	31,890	32,301
16	Zuidwest-Gelderland		755.98	231,078	234,812	235,375
0214	Buren	Lienden	142.93	25,756	25,880	25,969
0216	Culemborg	Culemborg	31.18	26,594	27,493	27,583
0236	Geldermalsen	Geldermalsen	101.67	25,667	26,261	26,229
0733	Lingewaal	Asperen	54.59	10,759	10,900	10,875
0263	Maasdriel	Kerkdriel	75.49	23,521	23,770	24,002
1740	Neder-Betuwe	Opheusden	68.11	22,289	22,555	22,576
0304	Neerijnen	Neerijnen	72.96	11,460	11,873	11,872
0281	Tiel	Tiel	34.84	40,609	41,240	41,335
0668	West Maas en Waal	Beneden-Leeuwen	85.15	18,232	18,409	18,284
0297	Zaltbommel	Zaltbommel	89.06	26,191	26,431	26,650
07	Utrecht	Utrecht	1,449.12	1,112,788	1,220,912	1,230,846
17	Utrecht		1,449.12	1,112,788	1,220,912	1,230,846
0307	Amersfoort	Amersfoort	63.78	132,851	144,879	147,044
0308	Baarn	Baarn	33.03	24,503	24,364	24,273
0312	Bunnik	Odijk	37.57	14,087	14,473	14,401
0313	Bunschoten	Bunschoten	34.88	19,450	20,000	20,186
0310	De Bilt	Bilthoven	67.10	42,208	42,072	42,099
0736	De Ronde Venen	Mijdrecht	116.91	43,061	43,200	42,928
0317	Eemnes	Eemnes	33.67	8,670	8,843	8,850
0321	Houten	Houten	58.98	42,350	47,682	48,042
0353	IJsselstein	IJsselstein	21.62	33,577	34,246	34,292
0327	Leusden	Leusden	58.94	29,106	28,829	28,733
0331	Lopik	Lopik	78.92	13,870	14,181	14,093
0335	Montfoort	Montfoort	38.22	13,367	13,494	13,489
0356	Nieuwegein	Nieuwegein	25.68	61,803	60,846	60,855
0589	Oudewater	Oudewater	40.16	9,795	9,853	9,842
0339	Renswoude	Renswoude	18.52	4,266	4,612	4,780
0340	Rhenen	Rhenen	43.74	17,875	18,849	19,007
0342	Soest	Soest	46.45	44,906	45,732	45,623
1904	Stichtse Vecht	Maarssen	106.83	62,643	62,792	62,997
0344	Utrecht	Utrecht	99.32	270,244	306,731	312,787
1581	Utrechtse Heuvelrug	Doorn	134.10	0	48,792	48,543
0345	Veenendaal	Veenendaal	19.81	61,111	62,072	62,401
0620	Vianen	Vianen	42.37	19,837	19,663	19,707
0352	Wijk bij Duurstede	Wijk bij Duurstede	50.30	23,511	23,183	23,071
0632	Woerden	Woerden	92.89	48,096	49,342	49,885
0351	Woudenberg	Woudenberg	36.72	11,228	11,910	12,001
0355	Zeist	Zeist	48.64	60,373	60,272	60,917
08	Noord-Holland	Haarlem	4,091.75	2,587,265	2,669,772	2,698,201
18	Kop van Noord-Holland		2,142.07	363,743	370,203	371,424
0366	Anna Paulowna	Anna Paulowna	78.81	13,953	14,255	14,231
0400	Den Helder	Den Helder	178.83	59,795	57,454	57,212
0498	Drechterland	Hoogkarspel	80.72	18,190	19,282	19,324
0388	Enkhuizen	Enkhuizen	116.04	17,241	18,186	18,219
0395	Harenkarspel	Tuitjenhorn	54.83	15,867	16,076	16,179
0405	Hoorn	Hoorn	52.24	67,952	70,206	70,880
1598	Koggenland	De Goorn	84.14	20,667	21,985	22,147
0420	Medemblik	Medemblik	258.80	41,526	42,648	43,002
0412	Niedorp	Nieuwe Niedorp	62.99	11,617	12,135	12,286
0432	Opmeer	Opmeer	41.98	11,201	11,382	11,395
0441	Schagen	Schagen	19.35	18,198	18,722	18,639
0532	Stede Broec	Bovenkarspel	16.42	21,386	21,268	21,431
0448	Texel	Den Burg	463.28	13,735	13,783	13,757
0462	Wieringen	Hippolytushoef	212.50	8,451	8,639	8,586
0463	Wieringermeer	Wieringerwerf	307.76	12,583	12,584	12,581
0476	Zijpe	Schagerbrug	113.35	11,381	11,598	11,555
19	Alkmaar en omgeving		301.44	225,334	230,967	231,831
0361	Alkmaar	Alkmaar	31.21	94,121	93,912	94,041
0373	Bergen	Bergen	119.83	31,738	30,989	30,797
0398	Heerhugowaard	Heerhugowaard	39.97	47,239	51,253	52,062
0399	Heiloo	Heiloo	18.99	22,058	22,459	22,615
0416	Langedijk	Zuid-Scharwoude	26.99	25,278	26,993	26,945
0458	Schermer	Stompetoren	64.44	4,900	5,361	5,371
20	IJmond		197.37	188,005	192,415	193,415
0375	Beverwijk	Beverwijk	20.38	36,995	38,850	39,443
0383	Castricum	Castricum	59.92	35,291	34,629	34,606
0396	Heemskerk	Heemskerk	31.73	36,294	38,892	39,184
0450	Uitgeest	Uitgeest	22.31	11,783	12,673	12,859
0453	Velsen	IJmuiden	63.03	67,642	67,371	67,323
21	Agglomeratie Haarlem		152.26	217,572	219,664	221,320
0377	Bloemendaal	Overveen	45.08	22,147	22,045	22,072
0392	Haarlem	Haarlem	32.12	147,343	149,516	150,912
0393	Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude	Halfweg	21.08	5,556	5,404	5,429
0397	Heemstede	Heemstede	9.64	25,660	26,060	26,302
0473	Zandvoort	Zandvoort	44.34	16,866	16,639	16,605
22	Zaanstreek		128.18	155,539	161,155	163,064
0880	Wormerland	Wormer	45.14	15,765	15,873	15,794
0479	Zaanstad	Zaandijk	83.04	139,774	145,282	147,270
23	Groot Amsterdam		897.01	1,194,634	1,251,849	1,272,518
0358	Aalsmeer	Aalsmeer	32.24	22,915	29,182	30,231
0362	Amstelveen	Amstelveen	44.05	78,866	80,722	82,569
0363	Amsterdam	Amsterdam	219.44	739,104	767,849	784,317
0370	Beemster	Middenbeemster	72.08	8,541	8,592	8,603
0384	Diemen	Diemen	14.03	24,049	24,630	24,905
0385	Edam-Volendam	Volendam	24.78	28,194	28,520	28,593
0365	Graft-De Rijp	De Rijp	21.75	6,486	6,499	6,495
0394	Haarlemmermeer	Hoofddorp	185.28	127,750	142,882	143,519
0415	Landsmeer	Landsmeer	26.49	10,315	10,240	10,237
0431	Oostzaan	Oostzaan	16.13	9,176	9,152	9,123
0437	Ouder-Amstel	Ouderkerk aan de Amstel	25.81	13,055	13,094	13,154
0439	Purmerend	Purmerend	24.56	75,831	79,035	79,164
0451	Uithoorn	Uithoorn	19.49	26,763	28,088	28,107
0852	Waterland	Monnickendam	115.64	17,266	17,058	17,133
0478	Zeevang	Oosthuizen	55.23	6,323	6,306	6,368
24	Het Gooi en Vechtstreek		273.43	242,438	243,519	244,629
0376	Blaricum	Blaricum	15.58	9,257	8,962	8,975
0381	Bussum	Bussum	8.11	31,300	32,128	32,517
0402	Hilversum	Hilversum	46.45	83,454	84,573	85,119
0406	Huizen	Huizen	23.28	41,974	41,940	41,638
0417	Laren	Laren	12.39	11,590	11,342	11,442
0424	Muiden	Muiden	36.51	6,656	6,510	6,482
0425	Naarden	Naarden	32.89	17,031	17,038	17,169
0457	Weesp	Weesp	21.86	17,843	17,623	17,983
1696	Wijdemeren	's-Graveland	76.36	23,333	23,403	23,304
09	Zuid-Holland	's-Gravenhage	3,418.50	3,451,942	3,504,636	3,534,249
25	Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek		318.19	399,643	405,008	407,641
0534	Hillegom	Hillegom	13.48	20,588	20,489	20,639
1884	Kaag en Braassem	Roelofarendsveen	72.28	25,173	25,662	25,767
0537	Katwijk	Katwijk	31.06	60,576	61,831	62,137
0546	Leiden	Leiden	23.16	118,702	117,342	117,865
0547	Leiderdorp	Leiderdorp	12.29	26,182	26,420	26,596
0553	Lisse	Lisse	16.11	22,061	22,321	22,709
0575	Noordwijk	Noordwijk	51.53	24,452	25,424	25,429
0576	Noordwijkerhout	Noordwijkerhout	23.40	15,092	15,541	15,699
0579	Oegstgeest	Oegstgeest	7.75	21,188	22,622	22,772
1525	Teylingen	Voorhout	33.63	34,598	35,761	35,766
0626	Voorschoten	Voorschoten	11.59	22,505	23,479	24,131
0638	Zoeterwoude	Zoeterwoude	21.91	8,526	8,116	8,131
26	Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage		286.52	768,002	803,663	813,422
1916	Leidschendam-Voorburg	Leidschendam	35.68	73,832	72,226	72,175
1926	Pijnacker-Nootdorp	Pijnacker	38.60	37,696	47,891	49,691
0603	Rijswijk	Rijswijk	14.48	47,693	46,752	46,605
0518	's-Gravenhage (Den Haag)	Den Haag	98.20	469,059	489,375	497,128
0629	Wassenaar	Wassenaar	62.50	25,506	25,839	25,832
0637	Zoetermeer	Zoetermeer	37.06	114,216	121,580	121,991
27	Delft en Westland		164.04	210,159	214,340	215,592
0503	Delft	Delft	24.08	95,817	96,691	97,490
1842	Midden-Delfland	Schipluiden	49.38	17,072	17,905	18,171
1783	Westland	Naaldwijk	90.59	97,270	99,744	99,931
28	Oost-Zuid-Holland		461.31	293,328	293,721	294,043
0484	Alphen aan den Rijn	Alphen aan den Rijn	57.68	70,477	72,577	72,759
0491	Bergambacht	Bergambacht	38.05	9,280	9,733	9,856
1901	Bodegraven-Reeuwijk	Bodegraven	88.61	32,338	32,489	32,762
0499	Boskoop	Boskoop	16.96	15,225	15,091	15,083
0513	Gouda	Gouda	18.10	71,797	71,167	71,156
0569	Nieuwkoop	Ter Aar	91.19	26,815	26,939	26,959
1672	Rijnwoude	Hazerswoude-Rijndijk	57.85	18,986	18,564	18,515
0608	Schoonhoven	Schoonhoven	6.96	12,303	11,986	11,902
0623	Vlist	Stolwijk	56.52	9,803	9,760	9,747
0627	Waddinxveen	Waddinxveen	29.39	26,304	25,415	25,304
29	Groot Rijnmond		1,675.71	1,389,308	1,393,329	1,406,884
0613	Albrandswaard	Rhoon	23.75	19,607	24,081	24,746
0489	Barendrecht	Barendrecht	21.72	37,257	46,525	46,934
0568	Bernisse	Abbenbroek	68.59	12,684	12,454	12,408
0585	Binnenmaas	Maasdam	75.60	28,120	28,960	28,896
0501	Brielle	Brielle	31.12	15,948	15,752	15,935
0502	Capelle aan den IJssel	Capelle aan den IJssel	15.42	65,354	65,406	66,166
0611	Cromstrijen	Numansdorp	70.31	13,027	12,835	12,737
0504	Dirksland	Den Haag	74.15	8,269	8,439	8,415
0511	Goedereede	Hoornaar	153.85	11,544	11,426	11,391
0530	Hellevoetsluis	Hellevoetsluis	46.16	40,164	39,799	39,712
0588	Korendijk	Piershil	100.48	11,019	10,887	10,866
0542	Krimpen aan den IJssel	Krimpen aan den IJssel	8.93	29,046	28,832	28,584
1621	Lansingerland	Berkel en Rodenrijs	56.39	43,854	52,535	54,480
0556	Maassluis	Maassluis	10.11	32,847	31,625	31,956
0559	Middelharnis	Middelharnis	86.79	17,450	17,966	18,038
0643	Nederlek	Lekkerkerk	31.44	14,831	14,109	13,970
0580	Oostflakkee	Oude-Tonge	107.44	10,126	10,384	10,403
0584	Oud-Beijerland	Oud-Beijerland	19.61	23,366	23,564	23,520
0644	Ouderkerk	Ouderkerk aan den IJssel	28.53	8,095	8,145	8,095
0597	Ridderkerk	Ridderkerk	25.10	45,528	44,826	44,975
0599	Rotterdam	Rotterdam	325.85	612,096	602,620	611,880
0606	Schiedam	Schiedam	19.89	75,619	75,792	75,816
0612	Spijkenisse	Spijkenisse	30.23	75,170	72,442	72,301
0617	Strijen	Strijen	57.72	9,312	8,926	8,855
0622	Vlaardingen	Vlaardingen	26.71	74,058	70,540	71,289
0614	Westvoorne	Rockanje	97.52	14,265	14,072	13,926
1892	Zuidplas	Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel	62.30	40,652	40,387	40,590
30	Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland		512.74	391,502	394,575	396,667
0482	Alblasserdam	Alblasserdam	9.96	18,386	19,006	19,286
0505	Dordrecht	Dirksland	99.45	119,649	118,607	118,910
0689	Giessenlanden	Dordrecht	65.12	14,359	14,439	14,433
0512	Gorinchem	Goedereede	21.99	34,623	34,621	34,886
0693	Graafstroom	Bleskensgraaf	69.32	9,697	9,814	9,819
0523	Hardinxveld-Giessendam	Hardinxveld-Giessendam	19.35	17,828	17,500	17,589
0531	Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	11.99	22,966	26,864	27,846
0545	Leerdam	Leerdam	34.32	21,050	20,758	20,704
0694	Liesveld	Groot-Ammers	44.44	9,724	9,745	9,752
0571	Nieuw-Lekkerland	Nieuw-Lekkerland	12.77	9,539	9,535	9,526
0590	Papendrecht	Papendrecht	10.77	30,914	31,838	31,915
0610	Sliedrecht	Sliedrecht	14.00	23,837	24,061	24,147
0707	Zederik	Meerkerk	76.49	13,546	13,386	13,377
0642	Zwijndrecht	Zwijndrecht	22.77	45,384	44,401	44,477
10	Zeeland	Middelburg	2,933.89	379,028	381,507	381,929
31	Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen		875.88	107,885	106,840	106,534
0677	Hulst	Hulst	251.09	27,877	27,855	27,708
1714	Sluis	Sluis	307.01	24,596	24,093	23,986
0715	Terneuzen	Terneuzen	317.78	55,412	54,892	54,840
32	Overig Zeeland		2,058.01	271,143	274,667	275,395
0654	Borsele	Heinkenszand	194.42	22,318	22,643	22,705
0664	Goes	Goes	102.09	36,591	36,643	36,845
0678	Kapelle	Kapelle	49.66	11,627	12,423	12,398
0687	Middelburg	Middelburg	53.05	46,350	48,019	48,050
1695	Noord-Beveland	Wissenkerke	120.29	7,124	7,408	7,500
0703	Reimerswaal	Kruiningen	243.08	20,966	21,450	21,690
1676	Schouwen-Duiveland	Zierikzee	488.94	34,415	34,131	34,216
0716	Tholen	Sint Maartensdijk	254.41	24,386	25,410	25,486
0717	Veere	Domburg	207.09	22,130	21,932	21,948
0718	Vlissingen	Vlissingen	344.98	45,236	44,608	44,557
11	Noord-Brabant	's-Hertogenbosch	5,081.76	2,406,994	2,445,358	2,456,187
33	West-Noord-Brabant		1,302.76	604,880	614,636	616,735
0748	Bergen op Zoom	Bergen op Zoom	93.13	66,140	65,908	66,095
0758	Breda	Breda	129.15	166,035	173,445	174,938
1719	Drimmelen	Made	119.20	26,663	26,570	26,491
0777	Etten-Leur	Etten-Leur	55.88	39,657	41,550	41,881
0779	Geertruidenberg	Raamsdonksveer	29.86	20,940	21,104	21,389
1655	Halderberge	Oudenbosch	75.24	29,679	29,300	29,337
1709	Moerdijk	Zevenbergen	183.99	36,775	36,556	36,463
0826	Oosterhout	Oosterhout	73.09	53,121	54,164	54,081
1674	Roosendaal	Roosendaal	107.21	77,916	77,571	77,463
0840	Rucphen	Rucphen	64.49	22,624	22,489	22,433
0851	Steenbergen	Steenbergen	158.79	23,484	23,219	23,304
0873	Woensdrecht	Hoogerheide	91.99	21,415	21,662	21,646
0879	Zundert	Zundert	120.75	20,431	21,098	21,214
34	Midden-Noord-Brabant		933.27	449,960	457,980	459,408
0738	Aalburg	Wijk en Aalburg	53.13	12,204	12,630	12,685
1723	Alphen-Chaam	Alphen	93.64	9,414	9,445	9,465
0744	Baarle-Nassau	Baarle-Nassau	76.30	6,545	6,701	6,671
0766	Dongen	Dongen	29.72	25,306	25,068	25,165
0784	Gilze en Rijen	Rijen	65.67	25,093	25,973	25,722
0785	Goirle	Goirle	42.24	22,578	22,804	22,790
0798	Hilvarenbeek	Hilvarenbeek	96.48	15,016	14,984	15,038
0809	Loon op Zand	Kaatsheuvel	50.72	22,976	23,027	22,982
0824	Oisterwijk	Oisterwijk	65.11	25,784	25,845	25,735
0855	Tilburg	Tilburg	119.15	198,767	204,924	206,134
0867	Waalwijk	Waalwijk	67.72	45,597	45,756	46,241
0870	Werkendam	Werkendam	121.73	26,373	26,382	26,346
0874	Woudrichem	Woudrichem	51.65	14,307	14,441	14,434
35	Noordoost-Noord-Brabant		1,387.90	627,183	637,207	640,174
1721	Bernheze	Heesch	90.38	28,868	29,663	29,795
0755	Boekel	Boekel	34.52	9,396	9,780	9,899
0756	Boxmeer	Boxmeer	113.95	29,395	28,575	28,414
0757	Boxtel	Boxtel	64.77	29,512	30,300	30,279
1684	Cuijk	Cuijk	57.00	24,177	24,447	24,622
0786	Grave	Grave	28.04	12,861	12,900	12,949
0788	Haaren	Haaren	58.53	14,037	13,639	13,594
0797	Heusden	Drunen / Vlijmen	81.18	43,108	42,981	43,187
1685	Landerd	Zeeland	70.68	14,807	14,894	14,974
1671	Maasdonk	Geffen	37.32	11,375	11,219	11,282
0815	Mill en Sint Hubert	Mill	53.08	11,044	11,036	10,985
0828	Oss	Oss	159.93	83,031	84,061	84,352
0844	Schijndel	Schijndel	41.65	23,319	22,994	22,962
0796	's-Hertogenbosch	's-Hertogenbosch	91.26	133,511	139,754	141,238
1702	Sint Anthonis	Sint Anthonis	99.81	11,843	11,846	11,791
0845	Sint-Michielsgestel	Sint-Michielsgestel	59.89	27,886	28,128	28,093
0846	Sint-Oedenrode	Sint-Oedenrode	64.95	16,982	17,687	17,865
0856	Uden	Uden	67.59	40,064	40,553	40,739
0860	Veghel	Veghel	78.92	36,810	37,301	37,507
0865	Vught	Vught	34.46	25,157	25,449	25,647
36	Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant		1,457.83	724,971	735,535	739,870
0743	Asten	Asten	71.38	16,138	16,342	16,251
1724	Bergeijk	Bergeijk	101.79	18,137	18,064	18,097
0753	Best	Best	35.12	28,658	28,943	28,820
1728	Bladel	Bladel	75.71	19,153	19,173	19,478
1706	Cranendonck	Budel	78.14	20,149	20,344	20,391
0762	Deurne	Deurne	118.37	32,083	31,536	31,742
0770	Eersel	Eersel	83.28	18,286	18,166	18,182
0772	Eindhoven	Eindhoven	88.84	207,870	214,036	216,211
1771	Geldrop-Mierlo	Geldrop/Mierlo	31.39	37,680	38,111	38,525
1652	Gemert-Bakel	Gemert	123.36	27,841	28,751	28,938
1658	Heeze-Leende	Heeze	105.12	15,258	15,277	15,306
0794	Helmond	Helmond	54.56	85,127	88,338	88,628
1659	Laarbeek	Beek en Donk	56.17	21,583	21,599	21,545
0820	Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten	Nuenen	34.11	23,367	22,227	22,407
0823	Oirschot	Oirschot	102.85	17,839	17,749	17,846
1667	Reusel-De Mierden	Reusel	78.65	12,371	12,564	12,634
0847	Someren	Someren	81.43	18,223	18,249	18,354
0848	Son en Breugel	Son	26.49	15,070	15,538	15,705
0858	Valkenswaard	Valkenswaard	56.44	31,091	30,734	30,629
0861	Veldhoven	Veldhoven	31.92	42,545	43,256	43,682
0866	Waalre	Waalre	22.71	16,502	16,538	16,499
12	Limburg	Maastricht	2,214.26	1,139,335	1,122,776	1,122,474
37	Noord-Limburg		854.11	277,966	280,040	280,381
0889	Beesel	Reuver	29.21	13,341	13,900	13,831
0893	Bergen (L.)	Nieuw Bergen	108.42	13,477	13,390	13,346
0907	Gennep	Gennep	50.40	16,754	17,155	17,363
1507	Horst aan de Maas	Horst	191.94	43,914	41,465	41,875
0944	Mook en Middelaar	Mook	18.84	7,977	8,050	7,926
1894	Peel en Maas	Panningen	161.31	42,454	43,060	43,246
0983	Venlo	Venlo	128.95	100,964	100,300	99,899
0984	Venray	Venray	165.04	39,085	42,720	42,895
38	Midden-Limburg		694.55	233,793	234,870	235,357
1711	Echt-Susteren	Echt	104.60	32,194	32,280	32,171
1640	Leudal	Heythuysen	164.86	36,860	36,740	36,552
1641	Maasgouw	Maasbracht	58.02	24,585	24,275	24,206
0946	Nederweert	Nederweert	101.79	16,100	16,605	16,670
1669	Roerdalen	St. Odiliënberg	88.65	21,407	21,305	21,246
0957	Roermond	Roermond	71.19	53,923	55,210	55,904
0988	Weert	Weert	105.44	48,724	48,455	48,608
39	Zuid-Limburg		660.56	627,576	607,866	606,736
0888	Beek	Beek	21.00	17,105	16,586	16,527
0899	Brunssum	Brunssum	17.29	29,595	29,463	29,286
1903	Eijsden-Margraten	Eijsden	78.46	25,417	24,839	24,981
1729	Gulpen-Wittem	Gulpen	73.37	15,135	14,597	14,510
0917	Heerlen	Heerlen	45.50	93,523	89,267	89,207
0928	Kerkrade	Kerkrade	22.17	50,035	47,681	47,343
0882	Landgraaf	Landgraaf	24.69	39,778	38,452	38,103
0935	Maastricht	Maastricht	60.06	122,183	118,597	119,494
0938	Meerssen	Meerssen	27.71	19,986	19,567	19,496
0951	Nuth	Nuth	33.17	16,055	15,681	15,555
0881	Onderbanken	Schinveld	21.24	8,412	8,082	8,012
0962	Schinnen	Schinnen	24.13	13,634	13,504	13,368
0965	Simpelveld	Simpelveld	16.03	11,436	10,995	10,983
1883	Sittard-Geleen	Sittard	80.62	97,487	95,213	94,757
0971	Stein	Stein	22.78	26,608	25,660	25,638
0981	Vaals	Vaals	23.90	10,423	9,874	9,778
0994	Valkenburg aan de Geul	Valkenburg aan de Geul	36.91	17,768	17,097	17,034
0986	Voerendaal	Voerendaal	31.55	12,996	12,711	12,664
	Bonaire, special municipality	Kralendijk	288.00		13,389
	Saba, special municipality	The Bottom	13.00		1,737
	Sint Eustatius, special municipality	Oranjestad	21.00		2,886
	total		41,865.07	16,208,562	16,577,516	16,676,126

Agglomerations

name	population 2004-01-01 admin.	population 2006-01-01 admin.
Amsterdam	1,443,258	1,465,405
Rotterdam	1,186,818	1,176,869
's-Gravenhage	978,161	990,463
Utrecht	564,485	577,389
Haarlem	405,577	405,430
Eindhoven	402,783	405,196
Arnhem	351,115	347,277
Groningen	342,840	343,141
Leiden	331,821	332,745
Breda	305,907	310,498
Enschede	308,450	309,929
Tilburg	287,238	288,709
Dordrecht	287,839	288,474
Nijmegen	275,667	277,067
Amersfoort	264,296	269,417
Heerlen	261,830	258,267
Apeldoorn	212,948	212,568
's-Hertogenbosch	186,554	188,121
Maastricht	185,354	182,543
Zwolle	167,439	169,475
Leeuwarden	158,883	159,298
Geleen/Sittard	154,834	153,566
source: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, the Netherlands. note: figures are for "Stadsgewesten".

Main cities

name	population 2004-01-01 admin.	population 2010-01-01 admin.	population 2011-05-01 admin.	latitude / longitude
Amsterdam	739,104	767,849	784,317	52.41/4.89
Rotterdam	598,923	590,131	611,880	51.92/4.50
Den Haag ('s-Gravenhage)	469,059	489,375	497,128	52.08/4.30
Utrecht	270,244	306,731	312,787	52.08/5.13
Eindhoven	207,870	214,036	216,211
Tilburg	198,767	204,924	206,134
Almere	170,704	188,209	191,493
Groningen	179,185	187,622	190,350
Breda	166,035	173,445	174,938
Nijmegen	157,466	162,932	164,438
Enschede	152,989	157,321	157,295
Apeldoorn	156,000	155,775	156,428
Haarlem	147,343	149,516	150,912
Arnhem	141,601	147,244	148,358
Zaanstad	139,774	145,282	147,270
Amersfoort	132,851	144,879	147,044
Haarlemmermeer	127,750	142,882	143,519
's-Hertogenbosch	133,511	139,754	141,238
Zoetermeer	114,216	121,580	121,991
Zwolle	110,880	118,943	120,698
Dordrecht	119,649	118,607	118,910
Maastricht	122,183	118,597	119,494
Leiden	118,702	117,342	117,865
Emmen	108,354	109,510	109,175
Ede	105,495	107,832	108,271
Venlo	92,094	100,328	99,899
Westland	97,270	99,744	99,931
Deventer	89,142	98,660	98,786
Delft	95,817	96,691	97,490
Sittard-Geleen	97,487	95,213	94,757
Leeuwarden	91,354	94,131	94,868
Alkmaar	94,121	93,912	94,041
Heerlen	93,523	89,267	89,207
Helmond	85,127	88,338	88,628
Hilversum	83,454	84,573	85,119
Súdwest Fryslân	81,406	82,284	82,574
Hengelo	80,961	80,809	80,872
Amstelveen	78,866	80,722	82,569
Purmerend	75,831	79,035	79,164
Roosendaal	77,916	77,571	77,463
Oss	76,307	77,405	84,352
Schiedam	75,619	75,792	75,816
Lelystad	69,640	74,682	75,242
source: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, the Netherlands. note: figures are for municipalities.