Zaanstad

Municipality in Noord-Holland (Netherlands)

Contents: Population

The population development of Zaanstad as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

Name	Status	Population Census 2001-01-01	Population Estimate 2011-01-01	Population Estimate 2016-01-01	Population Estimate 2021-01-01	Population Estimate 2025-01-01
Zaanstad	Municipality	136,102	146,940	152,466	156,901	162,828
Nederland [The Netherlands]	Country	15,985,538	16,655,799	16,979,120	17,475,415	18,044,027

Source: Statistics Netherlands.

Explanation: Provinces and municipalities in the boundaries of 1 January 2025. Municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands are not included. The land area is tabulated. The 2025 population figures are final.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2025)
Males	80,958
Females	81,870

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-17 years	31,457
18-64 years	100,795
65+ years	30,576

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	1,071
80-89 years	6,854
70-79 years	14,298
60-69 years	18,837
50-59 years	22,943
40-49 years	20,932
30-39 years	23,261
20-29 years	19,555
10-19 years	17,647
0-9 years	17,430

Urbanization (E 2025)
Highly urbanized	50,520
Strongly urbanized	69,260
Moderately urbanized	18,810
Lowly urbanized	14,240
Rural	8,570

Citizenhip (E 2025)
Netherlands	143,792
European Union	9,434
Europe (Rest)	2,025
Other Citizenship	7,353

Birth Country (E 2025)
Netherlands	127,846
Other country	34,982

Comprises:

Located in:

Noord-Holland province