Nigeria vs Netherlands
Nigeria vs Netherlands: Urban population
Urban population in 2025: 63.8% in Nigeria and 95.9% in Netherlands, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 32.2 percentage points, or 1.5 times that in Nigeria.
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- In 2025, Nigeria ranked 119 and Netherlands ranked 17 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Nigeria at 83.4% and Netherlands at 98.9% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Nigeria | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.8 | 95.9 |
| 2024 | 63 | 95.6 |
| 2023 | 62.2 | 95.3 |
| 2022 | 61.4 | 95 |
| 2021 | 60.6 | 94.6 |
| 2020 | 59.8 | 94.3 |
| 2019 | 59 | 93.9 |
| 2018 | 58.2 | 92.6 |
| 2017 | 57.4 | 91.1 |
| 2016 | 56.5 | 90.6 |
| 2015 | 55.7 | 90.3 |
| 2014 | 54.9 | 89.8 |
| 2013 | 54.1 | 89.2 |
| 2012 | 53.3 | 88.5 |
| 2011 | 52.5 | 88 |
| 2010 | 51.7 | 87.4 |
| 2009 | 50.9 | 86.2 |
| 2008 | 50.1 | 85.6 |
| 2007 | 49.2 | 85.4 |
| 2006 | 48.4 | 84.7 |
| 2005 | 47.6 | 83.5 |
| 2004 | 46.7 | 82.3 |
| 2003 | 45.8 | 81.3 |
| 2002 | 45 | 80.8 |
| 2001 | 44.1 | 80.2 |
| 2000 | 43.3 | 78.5 |
| 1999 | 42.4 | 77.1 |
| 1998 | 41.6 | 76.8 |
| 1997 | 40.8 | 75.6 |
| 1996 | 40 | 72.4 |
| 1995 | 39.1 | 70.7 |
| 1994 | 38.3 | 70.4 |
| 1993 | 37.5 | 69.8 |
| 1992 | 36.8 | 69.3 |
| 1991 | 36 | 69.2 |
| 1990 | 35.2 | 69 |
| 1989 | 34.4 | 68.8 |
| 1988 | 33.6 | 68.4 |
| 1987 | 32.8 | 68.2 |
| 1986 | 32.1 | 68 |
| 1985 | 31.3 | 67.6 |
| 1984 | 30.5 | 67.4 |
| 1983 | 29.7 | 66.9 |
| 1982 | 29 | 66.5 |
| 1981 | 28.2 | 65.7 |
| 1980 | 27.4 | 65 |
| 1979 | 26.7 | 64.8 |
| 1978 | 25.9 | 64.6 |
| 1977 | 25.2 | 64.6 |
| 1976 | 24.4 | 64.5 |
| 1975 | 23.7 | 64.4 |
| 1974 | 23 | 64.2 |
| 1973 | 22.3 | 63.5 |
| 1972 | 21.6 | 63.1 |
| 1971 | 20.9 | 62.8 |
| 1970 | 20.2 | 62.1 |
| 1969 | 19.6 | 61.8 |
| 1968 | 18.9 | 61.8 |
| 1967 | 18.3 | 61.6 |
| 1966 | 17.7 | 61.3 |
| 1965 | 17.1 | 61.2 |
| 1964 | 16.5 | 60.9 |
| 1963 | 15.9 | 60.3 |
| 1962 | 15.4 | 60.3 |
| 1961 | 14.8 | 60.1 |
| 1960 | 14.2 | 59.9 |
| 1959 | 13.7 | 59.8 |
| 1958 | 13.2 | 59.2 |
| 1957 | 12.7 | 58.7 |
| 1956 | 12.2 | 58.6 |
| 1955 | 11.7 | 58.5 |
| 1954 | 11.3 | 58.1 |
| 1953 | 11 | 57.3 |
| 1952 | 10.7 | 57 |
| 1951 | 10.4 | 57 |
| 1950 | 10.1 | 56.6 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Nigeria | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 64.6 | 96.2 |
| 2027 | 65.4 | 96.5 |
| 2028 | 66.2 | 96.7 |
| 2029 | 67 | 97 |
| 2030 | 67.8 | 97.2 |
| 2031 | 68.6 | 97.4 |
| 2032 | 69.3 | 97.6 |
| 2033 | 70.1 | 97.7 |
| 2034 | 70.9 | 97.9 |
| 2035 | 71.7 | 98 |
| 2036 | 72.5 | 98.2 |
| 2037 | 73.3 | 98.3 |
| 2038 | 74.1 | 98.4 |
| 2039 | 74.9 | 98.5 |
| 2040 | 75.6 | 98.6 |
| 2041 | 76.4 | 98.6 |
| 2042 | 77.2 | 98.7 |
| 2043 | 78 | 98.7 |
| 2044 | 78.8 | 98.8 |
| 2045 | 79.5 | 98.8 |
| 2046 | 80.3 | 98.9 |
| 2047 | 81.1 | 98.9 |
| 2048 | 81.8 | 98.9 |
| 2049 | 82.6 | 98.9 |
| 2050 | 83.4 | 98.9 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Nigeria vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyNigeria: 54.5 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNigeria: 29% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionNigeria: 3.92% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateNigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNigeria: 228 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthNigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Median ageNigeria: 17.8 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNigeria: 3% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateNigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNigeria: $1.76B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personNigeria: $9 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNigeria: 223,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerNigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025