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Zeeland population 2026

Q: What is the population of Zeeland in 2026?

The latest official figure is 392,969, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Zeeland would have about 395 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Zeeland has 392,969 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 1,335 more than a year earlier (+0.34%). It is 12th of the Netherlands’s 12 provinces by population, home to 2.2% of the Netherlands’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 395 thousand by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Zeeland in numbers

Population: 393 thousand 1 January 2025
Change in a year: +0.34% +1,335 people
Change since 2020: +2.47% from 383 thousand
Share of the Netherlands: 2.2% 12th of 12 provinces
Population density: 134per km² 2,934 km²

That is about as many people as Iceland (402 thousand).

Population of Zeeland by year

393k

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2012	381,407
2013	381,077
2014	380,621
2015	380,726
2016	381,252
2017	381,568
2018	382,304
2019	383,032
2020	383,488
2021	385,400
2022	386,767
2023	391,124
2024	391,634
2025	392,969

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	392,969	+1,335	+0.34%
2024	391,634	+510	+0.13%
2023	391,124	+4,357	+1.13%
2022	386,767	+1,367	+0.35%
2021	385,400	+1,912	+0.50%
2020	383,488	+456	+0.12%
2019	383,032	+728	+0.19%
2018	382,304	+736	+0.19%
2017	381,568	+316	+0.08%
2016	381,252	+526	+0.14%
2015	380,726	+105	+0.03%
2014	380,621	−456	−0.12%
2013	381,077	−330	−0.09%
2012	381,407	–	–

Zeeland among the Netherlands’s provinces

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Provinces of the Netherlands by population
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1	South Holland	3,863,397	+0.60%	21.4%	1,130
2	North Holland	2,992,016	+0.52%	16.6%	731
3	North Brabant	2,664,047	+0.73%	14.8%	542
4	Gelderland	2,161,358	+0.57%	12.0%	421
5	Utrecht	1,409,144	+0.65%	7.8%	1,017
6	Overijssel	1,195,789	+0.57%	6.6%	359
7	Limburg	1,135,328	+0.18%	6.3%	527
8	Friesland	664,222	+0.35%	3.7%	116
9	Groningen	602,833	+0.25%	3.3%	204
10	Drenthe	506,529	+0.48%	2.8%	189
11	Flevoland	456,395	+1.24%	2.5%	322
12	Zeeland	392,969	+0.34%	2.2%	134

Largest cities in Zeeland

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

Middelburg46,485
Vlissingen45,273
Goes36,931
Terneuzen27,930
Borssele22,285

Questions

What is the population of Zeeland in 2026?

The latest official figure is 392,969, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Zeeland would have about 395 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Is Zeeland’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 1,335 people (+0.34%) in the latest year, and has changed +2.47% since 2020.

How does Zeeland rank in the Netherlands?

Zeeland is 12th of the Netherlands’s 12 provinces, with 2.2% of the people. South Holland is the largest, with 3.9 million.

What is the population density of Zeeland?

About 134 people per km², on 2,934 km². Total area, Wikidata.

What is the largest city in Zeeland?

Middelburg, with about 46 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: Zeeland population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/netherlands/zeeland/

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