Netherlands Cities by Population 2025

5 Most Populated Netherlands Cities

23 cities

City
2025 Pop.
Amsterdam741,636
Rotterdam598,199
The Hague474,292
Utrecht290,529
Eindhoven209,620
Tilburg199,613
Groningen181,194
Almere Stad176,432
Breda167,673
Nijmegen158,732
Enschede153,655
Haarlem147,590
Arnhem141,674
Zaanstad140,085
Amersfoort139,914
Apeldoorn136,670
's-Hertogenbosch134,520
Hoofddorp132,734
Maastricht122,378
Leiden119,713
Dordrecht119,260
Zoetermeer115,845
Zwolle111,805

Netherlands Overview

Netherlands has 0 cities with more than a million people, 23 cities with between 100,000 and 1 million people, and 265 cities with between 10,000 and 100,000 people. The largest city in Netherlands is Amsterdam, with a population of 741,636 people.

From tulips to windmills and Van Gogh to Vermeer, the Netherlands is a relatively small country with a long and fascinating history and a cultural heritage that continues to be internationally recognised. Its capital city of Amsterdam is a hugely popular tourist destination and has a population of almost 850,000 residents in the city, 1.35 million in the urban area and 2.4 million in the metropolitan area. Amsterdam is known for many things, including its complex canal system and numerous bike pathways, its traditional tall and narrow houses that date back to the seventeenth century, and its many museums, which include the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum and the Anne Frank House.

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands with a population of 638,751. The city is home to Europe’s largest port, making it a major commercial center. It is also known for the Erasmus University, one of the top-ranking universities in Europe, which was named after the fifteenth-century humanist and theologian Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus. The Hague is the third-largest city in the Netherlands and is located close to Rotterdam. The Rotterdam-The Hague metropolitan area has around 2.7 million residents, making it one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe.

Sources

  1. GeoNames