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NXS-GRX-NLD · Western Europe · Regions

Zuid-Holland

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

Map All 12 first-level units
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
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.

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.

பரப்பு

3,296 km²

1,125 people per km².

குறியீடு

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.

Unit குறியீடு People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
‘s-Gravenhage – 438,807 389,145 97.27 4,511 11.4% 344,166
Alblasserdam – 26,217 23,951 10.01 2,619 0.7% 11,515
Albrandswaard – 44,305 38,690 23.56 1,881 1.1% 0
Alphen aan den Rijn – 96,448 100,106 131.97 731 2.5% 31,525
Barendrecht – 13,756 16,483 21.64 636 0.4% 0
Bodegraven-Reeuwijk – 28,688 33,428 87.94 326 0.7% 5,068
Brielle – 23,456 29,405 31 757 0.6% 7,116
Capelle aan den IJssel – 74,008 81,003 15.33 4,828 1.9% 42,083
Delft – 118,707 125,337 24.07 4,932 3.1% 53,408
Dordrecht – 55,963 65,249 99.16 564 1.5% 29,622
Goeree-Overflakkee – 50,818 53,577 421.15 121 1.3% 21,519
Gorinchem – 41,766 44,017 22.08 1,892 1.1% 38,887
Gouda – 86,254 88,839 17.98 4,797 2.2% 39,958
Hardinxveld-Giessendam – 29,289 26,675 19.55 1,498 0.8% 15,442
Hellevoetsluis – 39,738 37,816 60.84 653 1% 9,759
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht – 31,660 34,653 11.73 2,699 0.8% 0
Hillegom – 34,073 34,073 13.32 2,558 0.9% 19,642
Hoeksche Waard – 99,374 105,954 321.78 309 2.6% 35,984
Kaag en Braassem – 25,596 27,843 71.83 356 0.7% 1,480
Katwijk – 42,803 44,781 31.17 1,373 1.1% 27,696
Krimpen aan den IJssel – 29,989 31,375 9.08 3,303 0.8% 12,231
Krimpenerwaard – 36,335 41,385 160.71 226 0.9% 4,113
Lansingerland – 90,778 103,493 55.91 1,624 2.4% 3,620
Leiden – 126,426 133,197 23.28 5,431 3.3% 100,275
Leiderdorp – 53,648 58,719 12.25 4,379 1.4% 32,820
Leidschendam-Voorburg – 114,463 136,991 35.92 3,187 3% 66,343
Lisse – 6,199 8,509 16.04 386 0.2% 0
Maassluis – 18,065 21,642 10.05 1,798 0.5% 0
Midden-Delfland – 42,726 50,033 49.11 870 1.1% 10,068
Molenlanden – 38,822 43,167 190.72 204 1% 7,510
Nieuwkoop – 36,955 40,378 91 406 1% 1,625
Nissewaard – 75,512 77,582 83.67 902 2% 21,111
Noordwijk – 57,409 62,340 75.21 763 1.5% 35,593
Oegstgeest – 37,917 37,917 7.81 4,855 1% 0
Papendrecht – 100,953 96,332 10.97 9,203 2.6% 70,690
Pijnacker-Nootdorp – 29,922 32,751 38.52 777 0.8% 1,937
Ridderkerk – 68,829 81,544 25.36 2,714 1.8% 45,324
Rijswijk – 64,487 77,254 14.58 4,423 1.7% 45,773
Rotterdam – 731,385 754,219 323.12 2,264 19% 474,658
Schiedam – 77,427 84,745 19.86 3,899 2% 63,460
Sliedrecht – 19,129 22,919 13.99 1,367 0.5% 8,252
Teylingen – 42,723 46,479 33.23 1,286 1.1% 26,788
Vlaardingen – 47,112 49,289 26.55 1,774 1.2% 30,115
Voorschoten – 24,919 26,071 11.55 2,157 0.6% 16,222
Waddinxveen – 24,936 38,945 29.54 844 0.6% 109
Wassenaar – 26,942 38,827 61.99 435 0.7% 14,771
Westland – 177,164 219,719 90.32 1,962 4.6% 118,570
Westvoorne – 32,902 36,812 96.81 340 0.9% 20,302
Zoetermeer – 111,369 102,893 36.8 3,026 2.9% 12,538
Zoeterwoude – 13,847 17,359 21.76 636 0.4% 3,747
Zuidplas – 32,330 34,747 63.61 508 0.8% 4,112
Zwijndrecht – 65,005 73,270 22.72 2,861 1.7% 33,290
04வெளிப்பாடு

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
05இடர்

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.
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06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

07மூலங்கள்

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.
நாடுகள்
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.

நிலை

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Institutions and sources

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Avis en français

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