Alkmaar — UN urban centre
Alkmaar: 173,147 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,502 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1571; territory: Netherlands (NLD). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 52.6464, 4.7671. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 70,158 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 76,478 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 89,410 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 91,838 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 91,156 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 88,092 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 87,053 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 87,632 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 158,669 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 165,831 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 173,147 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 178,996 | Projection |
| 2035 | 180,575 | Projection |
| 2040 | 180,874 | Projection |
| 2045 | 180,526 | Projection |
| 2050 | 179,584 | Projection |
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