Population in Gelderland

Gelderland had 2,161,358 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Population on 1 January, by region Unit: People Data: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Gelderland, 2025 2,161,358 People
Change from 2024 +0.6% 2024: 2,149,071 people
Netherlands, 2025 18,044,027 people Country total
Position in 2025 80th of 295 See the full ranking

Population in Gelderland over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population on 1 January, by region (people), 2001 to 2025
Period GelderlandNetherlands
2025 2,161,358 people 18,044,027 people
2024 2,149,071 people 17,942,942 people
2023 2,133,708 people 17,811,291 people
2022 2,110,472 people 17,590,672 people
2021 2,096,603 people 17,475,415 people
2020 2,085,952 people 17,407,585 people
2019 2,071,972 people 17,282,163 people
2018 2,060,103 people 17,181,084 people
2017 2,047,901 people 17,081,507 people
2016 2,035,351 people 16,979,120 people
2015 2,026,578 people 16,900,726 people
2014 2,019,692 people 16,829,289 people
2013 2,015,791 people –
2012 2,010,745 people 16,730,348 people
2011 2,004,671 people 16,655,799 people
2010 1,998,936 people 16,574,989 people
2009 1,991,062 people 16,485,787 people
2008 1,983,869 people 16,405,399 people
2007 1,979,059 people 16,357,992 people
2006 1,975,704 people 16,334,210 people
2005 1,972,010 people 16,305,526 people
2004 1,966,929 people 16,258,032 people
2003 1,960,422 people 16,192,572 people
2002 1,949,233 people 16,105,285 people
2001 1,934,314 people 15,987,075 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6% from 2,149,071 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2,026,578 people, the figure has changed by +6.7%.
  • Among the 295 regions with data for 2025, Gelderland has the 80th highest value.
  • The figure for Netherlands in 2025 was 18,044,027 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_r_d2jan · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A sex=T age=TOTAL unit=NR
Observation period
2000 to 2025 for Gelderland
Provider update
28 August 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat