Zoetermeer — UN urban centre
Zoetermeer: 137,440 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,436 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 806; 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: 52.0586, 4.5001. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 57,698 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 73,964 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 91,314 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 101,512 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 106,597 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 112,981 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 116,508 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 121,469 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 128,466 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 137,440 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 139,823 | Projection |
| 2035 | 141,004 | Projection |
| 2040 | 141,187 | Projection |
| 2045 | 140,918 | Projection |
| 2050 | 140,186 | Projection |
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