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Noord-Holland

First-level unit, Netherlands: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-NLD-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO NLD / NLStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
2,895,121
people (GHSL 2025)
4,077 km²
area
16.3%
of Netherlands
44
units inside

01Kaart

Inside Noord-Holland

The 44 ADM2 units of Noord-Holland.

FIG 1 · 44 units inside Noord-Holland
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

Mense · GHSL 2025

2,895,121

16.3% of Netherlands.

Mense · WorldPop 2025

3,003,268

+4% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

4,077 km²

710 people per km².

Code

NL-NH

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Laagliggende kussone

1,615,704

people on land at or below 10 m, 55.8% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

44 units inside Noord-Holland

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Aalsmeer – 34,859 31,572 32.18 1,083 1.1% 7,334
Alkmaar – 134,207 137,177 117.06 1,146 4.4% 83,455
Amstelveen – 100,607 115,463 43.77 2,299 3.3% 35,089
Amsterdam – 810,773 818,770 242.17 3,348 26.6% 645,046
Bergen (NH) – 38,255 35,202 119.59 320 1.3% 20,929
Beverwijk – 37,126 38,841 20.12 1,845 1.2% 27,080
Blaricum – 29,754 32,568 15.5 1,920 1% 10,735
Bloemendaal – 13,291 17,014 45.22 294 0.4% 8,762
Castricum – 40,867 43,954 60.3 678 1.3% 28,641
Den Helder – 44,976 39,697 178.21 252 1.5% 21,970
Diemen – 52,392 68,698 14.15 3,703 1.7% 0
Dijk en Waard – 48,461 48,461 66.78 726 1.6% 30,027
Drechterland – 41,403 41,429 80.14 517 1.4% 8,826
Edam-Volendam – 24,821 23,813 79.75 311 0.8% 17,576
Enkhuizen – 17,971 17,928 116.13 155 0.6% 4,005
Gooise Meren – 61,052 66,894 74.77 817 2% 40,671
Haarlem – 154,580 163,407 31.93 4,841 5.1% 122,992
Haarlemmermeer – 201,729 205,504 205.7 981 6.6% 52,652
Heemskerk – 46,328 43,868 31.59 1,467 1.5% 39,030
Heemstede – 15,535 15,535 9.46 1,642 0.5% 0
Heiloo – 13,752 15,054 18.89 728 0.5% 0
Hilversum – 84,520 86,120 46.22 1,829 2.8% 46,211
Hollands Kroon – 54,133 56,287 659.23 82 1.8% 17,708
Hoorn – 66,017 68,798 53.23 1,240 2.2% 20,276
Huizen – 22,663 27,153 23.16 979 0.7% 0
Koggenland – 26,955 31,373 84.22 320 0.9% 1,912
Landsmeer – 49,680 60,959 26.61 1,867 1.6% 18,651
Laren – 4,293 5,893 12.16 353 0.1% 0
Medemblik – 53,108 54,410 256.61 207 1.7% 6,650
Oostzaan – 35,844 42,942 15.91 2,253 1.2% 0
Opmeer – 12,711 12,197 41.9 303 0.4% 4,350
Ouder-Amstel – 66,541 82,958 25.62 2,597 2.2% 37,204
Purmerend – 83,728 94,608 95.82 874 2.7% 6,271
Schagen – 71,162 70,077 186.54 381 2.3% 49,208
Stede Broec – 16,224 16,224 16.24 999 0.5% 0
Texel – 17,186 16,737 461.13 37 0.6% 6,548
Uitgeest – 33,423 31,721 22.1 1,512 1.1% 16,740
Uithoorn – 13,381 14,000 19.23 696 0.4% 0
Velsen – 117,567 121,605 62.84 1,871 3.9% 65,430
Waterland – 28,905 34,388 115.19 251 0.9% 3,569
Wijdemeren – 27,369 32,735 76.12 360 0.9% 18,558
Wormerland – 7,086 8,865 45.01 157 0.2% 895
Zaanstad – 170,594 168,775 83.41 2,045 5.6% 107,961
Zandvoort – 20,707 21,938 44 471 0.7% 8,453
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
None at this resolution
Hawens
None at this resolution
Lughawens
None at this resolution
Major roads
None at this resolution
Spoorweë
None at this resolution
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
05Risiko

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Noord-Holland publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Netherlands.
06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

07Bronne

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NLD ADM1, source: National Georegister, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2022
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NLD ADM2, source: National Georegister, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2022
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Lande
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.