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Leeuwarden

Municipality in Friesland (Netherlands)

Contents: Population

The population development of Leeuwarden as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

NameStatusPopulation
Census
2001-01-01		Population
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2008-01-01		Population
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2011-01-01		Population
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2018-01-01		Population
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2023-01-01
Leeuwarden (incl. Leeuwarderadeel)Municipality...117,583119,502122,415127,088
Nederland [Netherlands]Country15,985,53816,405,39916,655,79917,181,08417,815,508

Source: Statistics Netherlands (web).

Explanation: Provinces and municipalities in the boundaries of 1 January 2023. 2023 population figures are preliminary.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2022)
Males62,405
Females63,099
Age Groups (E 2022)
0-17 years22,270
18-64 years79,037
65+ years24,197
Age Distribution (E 2022)
0-9 years11,965
10-19 years13,963
20-29 years20,535
30-39 years15,780
40-49 years14,489
50-59 years16,871
60-69 years14,887
70-79 years11,309
80-89 years4,746
90+ years959
Urbanization (E 2020)
Highly urbanized45,000
Strongly urbanized22,320
Moderately urbanized17,120
Lowly urbanized18,690
Rural20,970
Citizenhip (E 2022)
Netherlands119,382
EU 282,775
Other country3,347
Birth Country (E 2022)
Netherlands112,029
EU 283,309
Other country10,166

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