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Limburg population 2026

Limburg has 1,135,328 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 2,073 more than a year earlier (+0.18%). It is 7th of the Netherlands’s 12 provinces by population, home to 6.3% of the Netherlands’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 1.1 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Limburg in numbers

Population
1.1 million 1 January 2025
Change in a year
+0.18% +2,073 people
Change since 2020
+1.62% from 1.1 million
Share of the Netherlands
6.3% 7th of 12 provinces
Population density
527per km² 2,153 km²

That is about as many people as Djibouti (1.2 million).

Population of Limburg by year

Population of Limburg
1.1M
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YearPopulation
20121,123,075
20131,121,891
20141,120,006
20151,117,941
20161,116,260
20171,117,546
20181,117,198
20191,116,137
20201,117,201
20211,115,872
20221,118,302
20231,128,367
20241,133,255
20251,135,328
YearPopulationChange
2025 1,135,328 +2,073
2024 1,133,255 +4,888
2023 1,128,367 +10,065
2022 1,118,302 +2,430
2021 1,115,872 −1,329
2020 1,117,201 +1,064
2019 1,116,137 −1,061
2018 1,117,198 −348
2017 1,117,546 +1,286
2016 1,116,260 −1,681
2015 1,117,941 −2,065
2014 1,120,006 −1,885
2013 1,121,891 −1,184
2012 1,123,075 –

Limburg among the Netherlands’s provinces

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Provinces of the Netherlands by population
#
1 South Holland3,863,397+0.60%
2 North Holland2,992,016+0.52%
3 North Brabant2,664,047+0.73%
4 Gelderland2,161,358+0.57%
5 Utrecht1,409,144+0.65%
6 Overijssel1,195,789+0.57%
7 Limburg1,135,328+0.18%
8 Friesland664,222+0.35%
9 Groningen602,833+0.25%
10 Drenthe506,529+0.48%
11 Flevoland456,395+1.24%
12 Zeeland392,969+0.34%

Largest cities in Limburg

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

  1. Maastricht122,378
  2. Venlo101,988
  3. Heerlen93,084
  4. Kerkrade49,777
  5. Weert48,662
  6. Sittard48,400

Questions

What is the population of Limburg in 2026?
The latest official figure is 1,135,328, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Limburg would have about 1.1 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Is Limburg’s population growing or shrinking?
It grew by 2,073 people (+0.18%) in the latest year, and has changed +1.62% since 2020.

How does Limburg rank in the Netherlands?
Limburg is 7th of the Netherlands’s 12 provinces, with 6.3% of the people. South Holland is the largest, with 3.9 million.

What is the population density of Limburg?
About 527 people per km², on 2,153 km². Total area, Wikidata.

What is the largest city in Limburg?
Maastricht, with about 122 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

Eurostat, population on 1 January by NUTS region (demo_r_d2jan). Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0). Total area, Wikidata. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the Netherlands, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Limburg population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/netherlands/limburg/

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