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Population density of Knokke-Heist

Reference date: 2026-01-01

521.1

residents/km²

Knokke-Heist recorded 521.1 residents per km² in 2026, ranking 177th among Belgium's municipalities by population density.

A documented local view of Knokke-Heist
Documented local viewPetrusSilesius · CC BY-SA 2.0 de · Adapted for Belgium in Maps; changes were made.
Population
32,163residents
Rank in Belgium
177thout of 565 municipalities
Density change
-4.1
Reference date
2026-01-01

Population density

Inside the municipality

Population is unevenly distributed. The view below uses exact 2025 statistical-sector boundaries and never assigns residents to an unknown polygon.

99.9% of residents are located to a statistical sector; 21 remain available only in the municipality total.

Population density by statistical sector inside Knokke-Heist
  • 0 residents
  • 4.4–174.0 residents/km²
  • 621.6–1,447.1 residents/km²
  • 1,562.6–2,905.6 residents/km²
  • 3,522.6–5,394.8 residents/km²
  • 6,013.5–11,600.1 residents/km²
Colours compare sectors only within this municipality; hatched sectors have zero registered residents. Reference date: 2025-01-01.
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Densest inhabited statistical sectors
DE BOLLE 31043B03-1,76511,600.1 residents/km²
HEIST - ZEEDIJK 31043B10-1,62510,676.8 residents/km²
KNOKKE-DORP 31043A00-2,2759,698.3 residents/km²
KNOKKE - CENTRUM 31043A10-1,6019,408.5 residents/km²
DORPSKERN HEIST 31043B00K1,1127,402.6 residents/km²

Official time series

Official time series: Knokke-Heist2017–2026: 585.5–521.1.597.1567.9538.7509.5585.52017539.02018537.92019537.22020537.22021533.72022530.02023527.92024525.22025521.12026
2017-01-01 – 2026-01-01

Source: official Statbel data · Statbel

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Official time series
202632,163521.1
202532,415525.2
202432,514527.9
202332,645530.0
202232,875533.7
202133,086537.2
202033,089537.2
201933,126537.9
201833,097539.0
201733,197585.5
201633,311587.5
201533,452590.0
201433,556591.8
201333,753595.3
201234,004599.7
201133,986599.4
201033,825596.6
200933,879597.5

Key figures

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