NUTS 3 areas of Netherlands by natural population change

Groot-Amsterdam had the highest natural population change of 40 areas in 2016, at 6,271. Zuid-Limburg had the lowest, at -2,232. The median was 185 and the figure for the Netherlands was 23,523. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest6,271Groot-Amsterdam
Lowest-2,232Zuid-Limburg
Median18540 areas
Netherlands23,523History

All areas, 2016

Groot-Amsterdam: 6,271 personsGroot-Amsterdam6,271Utrecht: 4,950 personsUtrecht4,950Groot-Rijnmond: 3,646 personsGroot-Rijnmond3,646Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage: 3,122 personsAgglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage3,122Flevoland: 2,329 personsFlevoland2,329Noord-Overijssel: 1,352 personsNoord-Overijssel1,352Veluwe: 1,227 personsVeluwe1,227Oost-Zuid-Holland: 744 personsOost-Zuid-Holland744Noordoost-Noord-Brabant: 640 personsNoordoost-Noord-Brabant640Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek: 632 personsAgglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstre…632Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland: 594 personsZuidoost-Zuid-Holland594Zuidwest-Gelderland: 581 personsZuidwest-Gelderland581Delft en Westland: 579 personsDelft en Westland579Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant: 540 personsZuidoost-Noord-Brabant540Midden-Noord-Brabant: 537 personsMidden-Noord-Brabant537Overig Groningen: 450 personsOverig Groningen450Arnhem/Nijmegen: 413 personsArnhem/Nijmegen413Zaanstreek: 390 personsZaanstreek390Kop van Noord-Holland: 335 personsKop van Noord-Holland335Zuidwest-Overijssel: 251 personsZuidwest-Overijssel251Alkmaar en omgeving: 118 personsAlkmaar en omgeving118Noord-Friesland: 48 personsNoord-Friesland48Noord-Limburg: 37 personsNoord-Limburg37Zuidwest-Friesland: 28 personsZuidwest-Friesland28Twente: -9 personsTwente-9Agglomeratie Haarlem: -55 personsAgglomeratie Haarlem-55West-Noord-Brabant: -66 personsWest-Noord-Brabant-66IJmond: -87 personsIJmond-87Overig Zeeland: -88 personsOverig Zeeland-88Delfzijl en omgeving: -165 personsDelfzijl en omgeving-165Zuidwest-Drenthe: -172 personsZuidwest-Drenthe-172Noord-Drenthe: -280 personsNoord-Drenthe-280Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen: -338 personsZeeuwsch-Vlaanderen-338Zuidoost-Friesland: -345 personsZuidoost-Friesland-345Midden-Limburg: -350 personsMidden-Limburg-350Het Gooi en Vechtstreek: -372 personsHet Gooi en Vechtstreek-372Zuidoost-Drenthe: -424 personsZuidoost-Drenthe-424Oost-Groningen: -462 personsOost-Groningen-462Achterhoek: -846 personsAchterhoek-846Zuid-Limburg: -2,232 personsZuid-Limburg-2,232
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankAreas2016
persons
Change on 2015
1Groot-Amsterdam6,271-0.1%
2Utrecht4,950+0.7%
3Groot-Rijnmond3,646+5.3%
4Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage3,122-0.6%
5Flevoland2,329-5.9%
6Noord-Overijssel1,352-0.4%
7Veluwe1,227-7.7%
8Oost-Zuid-Holland744-0.1%
9Noordoost-Noord-Brabant640+9.4%
10Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek632+13.3%
11Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland594-13.7%
12Zuidwest-Gelderland581+39.3%
13Delft en Westland579+35.3%
14Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant540-8.2%
15Midden-Noord-Brabant537+10.7%
16Overig Groningen450-13.8%
17Arnhem/Nijmegen413-38.2%
18Zaanstreek390+48.9%
19Kop van Noord-Holland335+50.9%
20Zuidwest-Overijssel251+100.8%
21Alkmaar en omgeving118-44.6%
22Noord-Friesland48-66.9%
23Noord-Limburg37+113.1%
24Zuidwest-Friesland28+136.4%
25Twente-9-103%
26Agglomeratie Haarlem-55-44.7%
27West-Noord-Brabant-66-65%
28IJmond-87-2.4%
29Overig Zeeland-88-283.3%
30Delfzijl en omgeving-165+22.5%
31Zuidwest-Drenthe-172-123.4%
32Noord-Drenthe-280+36.7%
33Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen-338+9.6%
34Zuidoost-Friesland-345-197.4%
35Midden-Limburg-350+25.1%
36Het Gooi en Vechtstreek-3720%
37Zuidoost-Drenthe-424+0.7%
38Oost-Groningen-462-0.2%
39Achterhoek-846-8.6%
40Zuid-Limburg-2,232+4%

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About this ranking

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 6,271 in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural population change?

Zuid-Limburg, with -2,232 in 2016.

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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