NUTS 3 areas of Netherlands by natural population change

Groot-Amsterdam had the highest natural population change of 40 areas in 2013, at 6,543. Zuid-Limburg had the lowest, at -1,900. The median was 332 and the figure for the Netherlands was 30,096. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest6,543Groot-Amsterdam
Lowest-1,900Zuid-Limburg
Median33240 areas
Netherlands30,096History

All areas, 2013

Groot-Amsterdam: 6,543 personsGroot-Amsterdam6,543Utrecht: 5,255 personsUtrecht5,255Groot-Rijnmond: 3,581 personsGroot-Rijnmond3,581Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage: 3,358 personsAgglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage3,358Flevoland: 2,440 personsFlevoland2,440Noord-Overijssel: 1,597 personsNoord-Overijssel1,597Veluwe: 1,458 personsVeluwe1,458Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland: 1,047 personsZuidoost-Zuid-Holland1,047Noordoost-Noord-Brabant: 969 personsNoordoost-Noord-Brabant969Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant: 960 personsZuidoost-Noord-Brabant960Oost-Zuid-Holland: 880 personsOost-Zuid-Holland880Arnhem/Nijmegen: 801 personsArnhem/Nijmegen801Midden-Noord-Brabant: 770 personsMidden-Noord-Brabant770Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek: 725 personsAgglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstre…725Zuidwest-Gelderland: 687 personsZuidwest-Gelderland687Overig Groningen: 563 personsOverig Groningen563Twente: 552 personsTwente552Delft en Westland: 468 personsDelft en Westland468Kop van Noord-Holland: 446 personsKop van Noord-Holland446Alkmaar en omgeving: 350 personsAlkmaar en omgeving350West-Noord-Brabant: 314 personsWest-Noord-Brabant314Zaanstreek: 293 personsZaanstreek293Noord-Friesland: 284 personsNoord-Friesland284Zuidwest-Overijssel: 249 personsZuidwest-Overijssel249Noord-Limburg: 135 personsNoord-Limburg135Zuidwest-Friesland: 79 personsZuidwest-Friesland79Agglomeratie Haarlem: 70 personsAgglomeratie Haarlem70Overig Zeeland: 24 personsOverig Zeeland24IJmond: -14 personsIJmond-14Zuidoost-Friesland: -37 personsZuidoost-Friesland-37Zuidwest-Drenthe: -94 personsZuidwest-Drenthe-94Delfzijl en omgeving: -179 personsDelfzijl en omgeving-179Noord-Drenthe: -214 personsNoord-Drenthe-214Midden-Limburg: -283 personsMidden-Limburg-283Zuidoost-Drenthe: -307 personsZuidoost-Drenthe-307Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen: -338 personsZeeuwsch-Vlaanderen-338Het Gooi en Vechtstreek: -402 personsHet Gooi en Vechtstreek-402Oost-Groningen: -445 personsOost-Groningen-445Achterhoek: -589 personsAchterhoek-589Zuid-Limburg: -1,900 personsZuid-Limburg-1,900
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Which area has the highest natural population change?

Groot-Amsterdam, with 6,543 in 2013, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural population change?

Zuid-Limburg, with -1,900 in 2013.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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