Population in Drenthe
Drenthe had 506,529 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Drenthe, 2025
506,529
Change from 2024
+0.5%
Netherlands, 2025
18,044,027 people
Position in 2025
261st of 295
Population in Drenthe over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Drenthe | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 506,529 people | 18,044,027 people |
| 2024 | 504,129 people | 17,942,942 people |
| 2023 | 502,051 people | 17,811,291 people |
| 2022 | 497,743 people | 17,590,672 people |
| 2021 | 494,771 people | 17,475,415 people |
| 2020 | 493,682 people | 17,407,585 people |
| 2019 | 492,167 people | 17,282,163 people |
| 2018 | 492,100 people | 17,181,084 people |
| 2017 | 491,792 people | 17,081,507 people |
| 2016 | 488,629 people | 16,979,120 people |
| 2015 | 488,576 people | 16,900,726 people |
| 2014 | 488,988 people | 16,829,289 people |
| 2013 | 489,918 people | – |
| 2012 | 490,807 people | 16,730,348 people |
| 2011 | 491,411 people | 16,655,799 people |
| 2010 | 490,981 people | 16,574,989 people |
| 2009 | 489,918 people | 16,485,787 people |
| 2008 | 488,135 people | 16,405,399 people |
| 2007 | 486,197 people | 16,357,992 people |
| 2006 | 484,481 people | 16,334,210 people |
| 2005 | 483,369 people | 16,305,526 people |
| 2004 | 482,415 people | 16,258,032 people |
| 2003 | 481,254 people | 16,192,572 people |
| 2002 | 478,799 people | 16,105,285 people |
| 2001 | 474,506 people | 15,987,075 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5% from 504,129 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 488,576 people, the figure has changed by +3.7%.
- Among the 295 regions with data for 2025, Drenthe has the 261st highest value.
- The figure for Netherlands in 2025 was 18,044,027 people.