Limburg

Province in Netherlands

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Name	Status	Population Census 2001-01-01	Population Estimate 2011-01-01	Population Estimate 2016-01-01	Population Estimate 2021-01-01	Population Estimate 2026-01-01
Limburg	Province	1,142,584	1,122,627	1,116,260	1,115,872	1,138,362
Beekdaelen (incl. Nuth, Onderbanken, Schinnen)	Municipality	38,810	37,019	36,254	36,065	35,915	→
Beek (L.)	Municipality	17,174	16,548	16,068	15,875	16,143	→
Beesel	Municipality	13,188	13,844	13,388	13,450	13,569	→
Bergen (L.)	Municipality	13,444	13,350	13,090	13,108	13,038	→
Brunssum	Municipality	30,395	29,375	28,448	27,670	27,481	→
Echt-Susteren	Municipality	32,269	32,264	31,943	31,751	32,394	→
Eijsden-Margraten	Municipality	25,814	24,940	25,123	25,900	26,346	→
Gennep	Municipality	16,822	17,383	17,085	17,035	17,957	→
Gulpen-Wittem	Municipality	15,525	14,496	14,508	14,206	13,944	→
Heerlen	Municipality	95,149	89,212	87,406	86,936	87,754	→
Horst aan de Maas	Municipality	...	41,814	41,675	42,487	44,805	→
Kerkrade	Municipality	51,065	47,409	46,023	45,442	45,823	→
Landgraaf	Municipality	40,768	38,186	37,465	37,262	36,838	→
Leudal	Municipality	36,689	36,600	36,140	36,045	36,110	→
Maasgouw	Municipality	24,597	24,272	23,757	23,947	24,381	→
Maastricht	Municipality	122,161	119,664	122,533	120,227	126,017	→
Meerssen	Municipality	20,245	19,495	19,040	18,661	18,453	→
Mook en Middelaar	Municipality	7,978	7,947	7,755	7,909	8,190	→
Nederweert	Municipality	16,171	16,678	16,793	17,171	17,537	→
Peel en Maas	Municipality	42,301	43,188	43,316	43,660	45,819	→
Roerdalen	Municipality	21,566	21,239	20,686	20,580	20,987	→
Roermond	Municipality	53,767	55,595	57,010	58,763	61,439	→
Simpelveld	Municipality	11,500	10,953	10,741	10,477	10,462	→
Sittard-Geleen	Municipality	97,923	94,814	93,555	91,743	92,428	→
Stein (L.)	Municipality	26,428	25,709	25,064	24,875	24,691	→
Vaals	Municipality	10,838	9,805	9,632	10,084	10,114	→
Valkenburg aan de Geul	Municipality	17,884	17,024	16,518	16,365	16,490	→
Venlo	Municipality	99,541	99,793	100,371	101,988	104,201	→
Venray	Municipality	...	42,784	43,291	43,713	45,104	→
Voerendaal	Municipality	13,141	12,664	12,482	12,466	12,435	→
Weert	Municipality	48,151	48,563	49,100	50,011	51,497	→
Nederland [The Netherlands]	Country	15,985,538	16,655,799	16,979,120	17,475,415	18,131,238

Source: Statistics Netherlands.

Explanation: Provinces and municipalities in the boundaries of 1 January 2026. Municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands are not included. The land area is tabulated. The 2026 population figures are preliminary.

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Gender (E 2025)
Males	565,142
Females	570,186

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-17 years	175,151
18-64 years	667,126
65+ years	293,051

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	11,201
80-89 years	63,702
70-79 years	135,785
60-69 years	172,691
50-59 years	159,118
40-49 years	123,807
30-39 years	133,717
20-29 years	135,191
10-19 years	107,264
0-9 years	92,852

Urbanization (E 2025)
Highly urbanized	116,880
Strongly urbanized	278,130
Moderately urbanized	211,800
Lowly urbanized	252,260
Rural	274,180

Citizenhip (E 2025)
Netherlands	1,030,261
European Union	64,005
Europe (Rest)	12,818
Other Citizenship	26,851

Birth Country (E 2025)
Netherlands	963,618
Other country	171,710

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