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Largest cities in Netherlands

Amsterdam, Netherlands has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 934,526 people (Population on 1 January; sex, age, marital status and region, 2025-01-01).

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Netherlands cities ranked by their own published resident population.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-08-14

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Amsterdam, Netherlands934,526 people2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
2Rotterdam, Netherlands673,804 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-09
3's-Gravenhage, Netherlands569,468 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-09
4Utrecht, Netherlands378,121 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-09
5Eindhoven, Netherlands249,783 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-09
6Groningen, Netherlands244,427 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-09
7Almere, Netherlands232,619 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
8Tilburg, Netherlands230,746 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
9Breda, Netherlands190,204 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
10Nijmegen, Netherlands189,871 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
11Arnhem, Netherlands171,822 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
12Apeldoorn, Netherlands169,212 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
13Haarlem, Netherlands168,898 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
14Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands166,978 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
15Zaanstad, Netherlands165,201 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
16Amersfoort, Netherlands163,764 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
17Enschede, Netherlands162,683 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
18's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands162,295 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
19Zwolle, Netherlands134,147 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
20Zoetermeer, Netherlands130,836 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
21Leiden, Netherlands130,328 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
22Leeuwarden, Netherlands130,162 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
23Maastricht, Netherlands126,026 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
24Ede, Netherlands125,331 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
25Dordrecht, Netherlands122,991 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
26Westland, Netherlands118,874 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
27Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands117,284 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
28Alkmaar, Netherlands113,196 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
29Delft, Netherlands110,089 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10
30Emmen, Netherlands109,881 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-06-10

What the numbers say

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands leads at 934,526 people.
  • Emmen, Netherlands sits at the other end with 109,881 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 165,201 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 824,645 people.

Quick answer

What does Largest cities in Netherlands show?

Amsterdam, Netherlands has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 934,526 people (Population on 1 January; sex, age, marital status and region, 2025-01-01).

How this list is built

Every row is a published population observation, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2025 and 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2025-01-01 to 2026-06-10
Last checked
2026-08-14
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Largest cities in Netherlands [ImmigrationDB compilation; version ec5068602433220c0224737366622854]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/netherlands-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX citation
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-netherlands_df9949b639e1,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in Netherlands},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {ec5068602433220c0224737366622854},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/netherlands-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
Markdown citation
[Largest cities in Netherlands](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/netherlands-largest-cities/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version ec5068602433220c0224737366622854; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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Sources

  1. Population on 1 January; sex, age, marital status and regionStatistics Netherlands (CBS) · Checked 2026-07-29
  2. CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Rotterdam (GM0599)CBS · Checked 2026-08-14
  3. CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality 's-Gravenhage (gemeente) (GM0518)CBS · Checked 2026-08-14
  4. CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Utrecht (gemeente) (GM0344)CBS · Checked 2026-08-14
  5. CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Eindhoven (GM0772)CBS · Checked 2026-08-14
  6. CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Groningen (gemeente) (GM0014)CBS · Checked 2026-08-14
  7. CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Almere (GM0034)CBS · Checked 2026-08-14
  8. CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Tilburg (GM0855)CBS · Checked 2026-08-14
  9. CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Breda (GM0758)CBS · Checked 2026-08-14
  10. CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Nijmegen (GM0268)CBS · Checked 2026-08-14
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  1. CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Arnhem (GM0202)CBS · Checked 2026-08-14
  2. CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Apeldoorn (GM0200)CBS · Checked 2026-08-14