Population in Utrecht

Utrecht had 1,409,144 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2014.

Measure: Population on 1 January, by region Unit: People Data: 2014 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Utrecht, 2025 1,409,144 People
Change from 2024 +0.6% 2024: 1,400,057 people
Netherlands, 2025 18,044,027 people Country total
Position in 2025 150th of 295 See the full ranking

Population in Utrecht 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 UtrechtNetherlands
2025 1,409,144 people 18,044,027 people
2024 1,400,057 people 17,942,942 people
2023 1,387,643 people 17,811,291 people
2022 1,369,873 people 17,590,672 people
2021 1,361,153 people 17,475,415 people
2020 1,354,834 people 17,407,585 people
2019 1,342,158 people 17,282,163 people
2018 1,330,518 people 17,181,084 people
2017 1,319,251 people 17,081,507 people
2016 1,308,042 people 16,979,120 people
2015 1,297,857 people 16,900,726 people
2014 1,287,918 people 16,829,289 people
2012 – 16,730,348 people
2011 – 16,655,799 people
2010 – 16,574,989 people
2009 – 16,485,787 people
2008 – 16,405,399 people
2007 – 16,357,992 people
2006 – 16,334,210 people
2005 – 16,305,526 people
2004 – 16,258,032 people
2003 – 16,192,572 people
2002 – 16,105,285 people
2001 – 15,987,075 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6% from 1,400,057 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1,297,857 people, the figure has changed by +8.6%.
  • Among the 295 regions with data for 2025, Utrecht has the 150th 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
2014 to 2025 for Utrecht
Provider update
28 August 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat