Netherlands

Administrative units

provincie	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2004-01-01 admin.	population 2006-01-01 admin.	population 2009-01-01 admin.
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: area figures are for the beginning of 2002.
Drenthe	Assen	2,680.37	482,415	484,437	489,695
Flevoland	Lelystad	2,412.29	359,904	370,672	383,496
Friesland	Leeuwarden	5,740.87	642,066	642,432	645,101
Gelderland	Arnhem	5,136.51	1,966,929	1,975,856	1,990,871
Groningen	Groningen	2,967.90	574,384	574,469	574,481
Limburg	Maastricht	2,209.22	1,139,335	1,132,161	1,122,702
Noord-Brabant	's-Hertogenbosch	5,081.76	2,406,994	2,416,100	2,434,744
Noord-Holland	Haarlem	4,091.77	2,587,265	2,607,164	2,648,861
Overijssel	Zwolle	3,420.86	1,105,512	1,113,564	1,125,108
Utrecht	Utrecht	1,449.12	1,162,258	1,180,175	1,210,761
Zeeland	Middelburg	2,933.89	379,028	380,179	380,897
Zuid-Holland	's-Gravenhage	3,439.66	3,451,942	3,458,300	3,479,870
total		41,527.94	16,258,032	16,335,509	16,486,587

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 [EN The Hague]	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".

name	population 2004-01-01 admin.	population 2006-01-01 admin.	population 2009-01-01 admin.
Amsterdam	739,104	743,393	757,861
Rotterdam	598,923	588,500	584,107
Den Haag ('s-Gravenhage) [EN The Hague]	469,059	475,197	482,742
Utrecht	270,244	281,055	299,484
Eindhoven	207,870	209,310	212,324
Tilburg	198,767	200,251	203,482
Almere	170,704	178,626	185,937
Groningen	179,185	181,113	184,675
Breda	166,035	169,943	171,946
Nijmegen	157,466	159,425	161,675
Enschede	152,989	154,267	156,045
Apeldoorn	156,000	156,062	155,228
Haarlem	147,343	146,916	148,220
Arnhem	141,601	142,217	145,417
Zaanstad	139,774	140,138	143,837
Amersfoort	132,851	137,236	143,338
Haarlemmermeer	127,750	135,221	142,110
's-Hertogenbosch	133,511	134,875	137,802
Zoetermeer	114,216	116,990	120,947
Dordrecht	119,649	118,889	118,390
Maastricht	122,183	120,221	118,355
Zwolle	110,880	112,972	117,663
Leiden	118,702	118,111	116,936
Emmen	108,354	108,638	109,465
Ede	105,495	107,122	107,668
Westland	97,270	98,402	99,512
Deventer	89,142	96,808	97,698
Delft	95,817	94,770	96,534
Sittard-Geleen	97,487	96,576	95,443
Leeuwarden	91,354	91,769	93,601
Alkmaar	94,121	94,293	93,457
Venlo	92,094	92,098	91,472
Heerlen	93,523	91,581	89,347
Helmond	85,127	85,615	87,700
Hilversum	83,454	83,618	84,285
Hengelo	80,961	81,340	80,929
Amstelveen	78,866	78,949	79,828
Purmerend	75,831	77,918	78,850
Roosendaal	77,916	77,688	77,477
Oss	76,307	76,417	77,065
Schiedam	75,619	75,399	75,406
source: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, the Netherlands. note: figures are for municipalities. note: Westland was formed on 2004-01-01 from 5 former municpalities.