Noardeast-Fryslân

Municipality in Friesland (Netherlands)

Contents: Population

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

Name	Status	Population Census 2001-01-01	Population Estimate 2011-01-01	Population Estimate 2016-01-01	Population Estimate 2021-01-01	Population Estimate 2026-01-01
Noardeast-Fryslân (incl. Dongeradeel, Ferwerderadeel, Kollumerland)	Municipality	46,736	46,086	45,444	45,481	45,933
Nederland [The Netherlands]	Country	15,985,538	16,655,799	16,979,120	17,475,415	18,131,238

Source: Statistics Netherlands.

Explanation: Provinces and municipalities in the boundaries of 1 January 2026. Municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands are not included. The land area is tabulated. The 2026 population figures are preliminary.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2025)
Males	23,175
Females	22,689

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-17 years	8,930
18-64 years	26,343
65+ years	10,591

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	372
80-89 years	2,311
70-79 years	4,792
60-69 years	6,548
50-59 years	6,603
40-49 years	5,053
30-39 years	5,021
20-29 years	5,135
10-19 years	5,485
0-9 years	4,544

Urbanization (E 2025)
Strongly urbanized	220
Moderately urbanized	5,510
Lowly urbanized	11,270
Rural	28,870

Citizenhip (E 2025)
Netherlands	44,724
European Union	348
Europe (Rest)	326
Other Citizenship	443

Birth Country (E 2025)
Netherlands	43,611
Other country	2,253

Comprises:

Located in:

Friesland province