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Zuid-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
3,706,448
people (GHSL 2025)
3,296 km²
area
20.9%
of Netherlands
52
units inside
01Map

Inside Zuid-Holland

The 52 ADM2 units of Zuid-Holland.

FIG 1 · 52 units inside Zuid-Holland
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
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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.

People · GHSL 2025

3,706,448

20.9% of Netherlands.

People · WorldPop 2025

3,924,035

+6% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

3,296 km²

1,125 people per km².

Code

NL-ZH

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

2,020,539

people on land at or below 10 m, 54.5% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

52 units inside Zuid-Holland

Each unit has its own page.

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

UnitCodePeople (GHSL)People (WorldPop)Area km²Per km²ShareCoast ≤ 10 m
‘s-Gravenhage–438,807389,14597.274,51111.4%344,166
Alblasserdam–26,21723,95110.012,6190.7%11,515
Albrandswaard–44,30538,69023.561,8811.1%0
Alphen aan den Rijn–96,448100,106131.977312.5%31,525
Barendrecht–13,75616,48321.646360.4%0
Bodegraven-Reeuwijk–28,68833,42887.943260.7%5,068
Brielle–23,45629,405317570.6%7,116
Capelle aan den IJssel–74,00881,00315.334,8281.9%42,083
Delft–118,707125,33724.074,9323.1%53,408
Dordrecht–55,96365,24999.165641.5%29,622
Goeree-Overflakkee–50,81853,577421.151211.3%21,519
Gorinchem–41,76644,01722.081,8921.1%38,887
Gouda–86,25488,83917.984,7972.2%39,958
Hardinxveld-Giessendam–29,28926,67519.551,4980.8%15,442
Hellevoetsluis–39,73837,81660.846531%9,759
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht–31,66034,65311.732,6990.8%0
Hillegom–34,07334,07313.322,5580.9%19,642
Hoeksche Waard–99,374105,954321.783092.6%35,984
Kaag en Braassem–25,59627,84371.833560.7%1,480
Katwijk–42,80344,78131.171,3731.1%27,696
Krimpen aan den IJssel–29,98931,3759.083,3030.8%12,231
Krimpenerwaard–36,33541,385160.712260.9%4,113
Lansingerland–90,778103,49355.911,6242.4%3,620
Leiden–126,426133,19723.285,4313.3%100,275
Leiderdorp–53,64858,71912.254,3791.4%32,820
Leidschendam-Voorburg–114,463136,99135.923,1873%66,343
Lisse–6,1998,50916.043860.2%0
Maassluis–18,06521,64210.051,7980.5%0
Midden-Delfland–42,72650,03349.118701.1%10,068
Molenlanden–38,82243,167190.722041%7,510
Nieuwkoop–36,95540,378914061%1,625
Nissewaard–75,51277,58283.679022%21,111
Noordwijk–57,40962,34075.217631.5%35,593
Oegstgeest–37,91737,9177.814,8551%0
Papendrecht–100,95396,33210.979,2032.6%70,690
Pijnacker-Nootdorp–29,92232,75138.527770.8%1,937
Ridderkerk–68,82981,54425.362,7141.8%45,324
Rijswijk–64,48777,25414.584,4231.7%45,773
Rotterdam–731,385754,219323.122,26419%474,658
Schiedam–77,42784,74519.863,8992%63,460
Sliedrecht–19,12922,91913.991,3670.5%8,252
Teylingen–42,72346,47933.231,2861.1%26,788
Vlaardingen–47,11249,28926.551,7741.2%30,115
Voorschoten–24,91926,07111.552,1570.6%16,222
Waddinxveen–24,93638,94529.548440.6%109
Wassenaar–26,94238,82761.994350.7%14,771
Westland–177,164219,71990.321,9624.6%118,570
Westvoorne–32,90236,81296.813400.9%20,302
Zoetermeer–111,369102,89336.83,0262.9%12,538
Zoeterwoude–13,84717,35921.766360.4%3,747
Zuidplas–32,33034,74763.615080.8%4,112
Zwijndrecht–65,00573,27022.722,8611.7%33,290
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
Ports
None at this resolution
Airports
None at this resolution
Major roads
None at this resolution
Railways
None at this resolution
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
05Risk

Risk values

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

Neighbouring units

07Sources

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.
Countries
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.
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