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Overijssel population 2026

Overijssel has 1,195,789 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 6,756 more than a year earlier (+0.57%). It is 6th of the Netherlands’s 12 provinces by population, home to 6.6% of the Netherlands’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 1.2 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Overijssel in numbers

Population
1.2 million 1 January 2025
Change in a year
+0.57% +6,756 people
Change since 2020
+2.87% from 1.2 million
Share of the Netherlands
6.6% 6th of 12 provinces
Population density
359per km² 3,327 km²

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

Population of Overijssel by year

Population of Overijssel
1.2M
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YearPopulation
20121,137,668
20131,139,350
20141,139,694
20151,140,652
20161,144,280
20171,147,687
20181,151,501
20191,156,431
20201,162,406
20211,166,533
20221,171,910
20231,184,333
20241,189,033
20251,195,789
YearPopulationChange
2025 1,195,789 +6,756
2024 1,189,033 +4,700
2023 1,184,333 +12,423
2022 1,171,910 +5,377
2021 1,166,533 +4,127
2020 1,162,406 +5,975
2019 1,156,431 +4,930
2018 1,151,501 +3,814
2017 1,147,687 +3,407
2016 1,144,280 +3,628
2015 1,140,652 +958
2014 1,139,694 +344
2013 1,139,350 +1,682
2012 1,137,668 –

Overijssel 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 Overijssel

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

  1. Enschede153,655
  2. Zwolle129,840
  3. Deventer97,331
  4. Hengelo82,311
  5. Almelo72,725
  6. Hardenberg57,909

Questions

What is the population of Overijssel in 2026?
The latest official figure is 1,195,789, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Overijssel would have about 1.2 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Is Overijssel’s population growing or shrinking?
It grew by 6,756 people (+0.57%) in the latest year, and has changed +2.87% since 2020.

How does Overijssel rank in the Netherlands?
Overijssel is 6th of the Netherlands’s 12 provinces, with 6.6% of the people. South Holland is the largest, with 3.9 million.

What is the population density of Overijssel?
About 359 people per km², on 3,327 km². Total area, Wikidata.

What is the largest city in Overijssel?
Enschede, with about 154 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: Overijssel population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/netherlands/overijssel/

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