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Utrecht

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
1,530,878
people (GHSL 2025)
1,554 km²
area
8.6%
of Netherlands
26
units inside

01Map

Inside Utrecht

The 26 ADM2 units of Utrecht.

FIG 1 · 26 units inside Utrecht
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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

1,530,878

8.6% of Netherlands.

People · WorldPop 2025

1,543,022

+1% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Indawo

1,554 km²

985 people per km².

Ikhowudi

NL-UT

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

1,102,936

people on land at or below 10 m, 72.0% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

26 units inside Utrecht

Each unit has its own page.

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

Unit Ikhowudi People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Amersfoort – 131,830 121,624 63.74 2,068 8.6% 122,611
Baarn – 14,535 18,033 32.75 444 0.9% 2,975
Bunnik – 18,991 28,514 37.52 506 1.2% 18,020
Bunschoten – 24,863 23,765 34.84 714 1.6% 17,940
De Bilt – 60,764 59,153 66.83 909 4% 37,403
De Ronde Venen – 83,439 100,002 116.66 715 5.5% 13,602
Eemnes – 48,538 48,371 33.81 1,436 3.2% 35,141
Houten – 68,707 61,608 58.74 1,170 4.5% 64,553
IJsselstein – 34,265 27,337 21.75 1,575 2.2% 27,546
Leusden – 49,335 56,695 58.66 841 3.2% 33,848
Lopik – 16,430 18,726 78.48 209 1.1% 8,513
Montfoort – 27,907 25,192 38.26 729 1.8% 9,456
Nieuwegein – 76,315 72,209 25.29 3,018 5% 69,757
Oudewater – 11,199 11,442 39.93 280 0.7% 1,556
Renswoude – 5,608 6,722 18.37 305 0.4% 4,399
Rhenen – 19,017 18,375 43.77 434 1.2% 8,963
Soest – 60,821 66,088 46.3 1,314 4% 24,215
Stichtse Vecht – 91,975 93,040 106.25 866 6% 64,856
Utrecht – 368,978 360,606 98.9 3,731 24.1% 329,395
Utrechtse Heuvelrug – 58,800 62,063 133.67 440 3.8% 23,347
Veenendaal – 72,268 77,683 19.56 3,695 4.7% 54,172
Vijfheerenlanden – 52,015 55,688 152.81 340 3.4% 27,228
Wijk bij Duurstede – 25,927 25,084 49.94 519 1.7% 25,073
Woerden – 48,392 49,583 92.78 522 3.2% 24,143
Woudenberg – 12,104 12,664 36.56 331 0.8% 10,585
Zeist – 47,853 42,757 48.35 990 3.1% 40,129
04Ukuchaphazeleka

Open exposure layers

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

Urban areas
4,069.4 H3 cells
Ports
2 H3 cells
Airports
1 H3 cells
Major roads
1,090.8 H3 cells
Railways
605.1 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
410.5 H3 cells
05Umngcipheko

Risk values

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

Neighbouring units

07Imithombo

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.
Amazwe
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.