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Urban population share in Netherlands

Urban population share in the Netherlands was 95.9% in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.3 pts from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

202595.9%
Change on 2024+0.3 pts
Rank1st of 27EU countries ranked
Series high95.92025
Series low59.91960

Urban population share in Netherlands, 1960 to 2025

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5060708090100196019701980199020002010202020251960: 59.9 %1961: 60.1 %1962: 60.3 %1963: 60.3 %1964: 60.9 %1965: 61.2 %1966: 61.3 %1967: 61.6 %1968: 61.8 %1969: 61.8 %1970: 62.1 %1971: 62.8 %1972: 63.1 %1973: 63.5 %1974: 64.2 %1975: 64.4 %1976: 64.5 %1977: 64.6 %1978: 64.6 %1979: 64.8 %1980: 65 %1981: 65.7 %1982: 66.5 %1983: 66.9 %1984: 67.4 %1985: 67.6 %1986: 68 %1987: 68.2 %1988: 68.4 %1989: 68.8 %1990: 69 %1991: 69.2 %1992: 69.3 %1993: 69.8 %1994: 70.4 %1995: 70.7 %1996: 72.4 %1997: 75.6 %1998: 76.8 %1999: 77.1 %2000: 78.5 %2001: 80.2 %2002: 80.8 %2003: 81.3 %2004: 82.3 %2005: 83.5 %2006: 84.7 %2007: 85.4 %2008: 85.6 %2009: 86.2 %2010: 87.4 %2011: 88 %2012: 88.5 %2013: 89.2 %2014: 89.8 %2015: 90.3 %2016: 90.6 %2017: 91.1 %2018: 92.6 %2019: 93.9 %2020: 94.3 %2021: 94.6 %2022: 95 %2023: 95.3 %2024: 95.6 %2025: 95.9 %
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09, published 2026-10-08.
All 66 values
Period%
202595.9
202495.6
202395.3
202295
202194.6
202094.3
201993.9
201892.6
201791.1
201690.6
201590.3
201489.8
201389.2
201288.5
201188
201087.4
200986.2
200885.6
200785.4
200684.7
200583.5
200482.3
200381.3
200280.8
200180.2
200078.5
199977.1
199876.8
199775.6
199672.4
199570.7
199470.4
199369.8
199269.3
199169.2
199069
198968.8
198868.4
198768.2
198668
198567.6
198467.4
198366.9
198266.5
198165.7
198065
197964.8
197864.6
197764.6
197664.5
197564.4
197464.2
197363.5
197263.1
197162.8
197062.1
196961.8
196861.8
196761.6
196661.3
196561.2
196460.9
196360.3
196260.3
196160.1
196059.9

Rankings

Definition

People living in urban areas, as each national statistical office defines them, as a percentage of total population. World Bank series based on the UN World Urbanization Prospects.

Countries define urban areas differently, so shares are only roughly comparable between countries.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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What is the share of urban population in Netherlands?

Urban population share in the Netherlands was 95.9% in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.3 pts from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

World Bank. Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-09.

What was the highest share of urban population in Netherlands?

95.9% in 2025, the highest value since 1960 in this series.

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