Netherlands
Urban population in Netherlands
Urban population in Netherlands: 56.6% in 1950 and 95.9% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 95.9%
- Since 1950
- +39.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 17 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 98.9%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 98.9% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 95.9 |
| 2024 | 95.6 |
| 2023 | 95.3 |
| 2022 | 95 |
| 2021 | 94.6 |
| 2020 | 94.3 |
| 2019 | 93.9 |
| 2018 | 92.6 |
| 2017 | 91.1 |
| 2016 | 90.6 |
| 2015 | 90.3 |
| 2014 | 89.8 |
| 2013 | 89.2 |
| 2012 | 88.5 |
| 2011 | 88 |
| 2010 | 87.4 |
| 2009 | 86.2 |
| 2008 | 85.6 |
| 2007 | 85.4 |
| 2006 | 84.7 |
| 2005 | 83.5 |
| 2004 | 82.3 |
| 2003 | 81.3 |
| 2002 | 80.8 |
| 2001 | 80.2 |
| 2000 | 78.5 |
| 1999 | 77.1 |
| 1998 | 76.8 |
| 1997 | 75.6 |
| 1996 | 72.4 |
| 1995 | 70.7 |
| 1994 | 70.4 |
| 1993 | 69.8 |
| 1992 | 69.3 |
| 1991 | 69.2 |
| 1990 | 69 |
| 1989 | 68.8 |
| 1988 | 68.4 |
| 1987 | 68.2 |
| 1986 | 68 |
| 1985 | 67.6 |
| 1984 | 67.4 |
| 1983 | 66.9 |
| 1982 | 66.5 |
| 1981 | 65.7 |
| 1980 | 65 |
| 1979 | 64.8 |
| 1978 | 64.6 |
| 1977 | 64.6 |
| 1976 | 64.5 |
| 1975 | 64.4 |
| 1974 | 64.2 |
| 1973 | 63.5 |
| 1972 | 63.1 |
| 1971 | 62.8 |
| 1970 | 62.1 |
| 1969 | 61.8 |
| 1968 | 61.8 |
| 1967 | 61.6 |
| 1966 | 61.3 |
| 1965 | 61.2 |
| 1964 | 60.9 |
| 1963 | 60.3 |
| 1962 | 60.3 |
| 1961 | 60.1 |
| 1960 | 59.9 |
| 1959 | 59.8 |
| 1958 | 59.2 |
| 1957 | 58.7 |
| 1956 | 58.6 |
| 1955 | 58.5 |
| 1954 | 58.1 |
| 1953 | 57.3 |
| 1952 | 57 |
| 1951 | 57 |
| 1950 | 56.6 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 96.2 |
| 2027 | 96.5 |
| 2028 | 96.7 |
| 2029 | 97 |
| 2030 | 97.2 |
| 2031 | 97.4 |
| 2032 | 97.6 |
| 2033 | 97.7 |
| 2034 | 97.9 |
| 2035 | 98 |
| 2036 | 98.2 |
| 2037 | 98.3 |
| 2038 | 98.4 |
| 2039 | 98.5 |
| 2040 | 98.6 |
| 2041 | 98.6 |
| 2042 | 98.7 |
| 2043 | 98.7 |
| 2044 | 98.8 |
| 2045 | 98.8 |
| 2046 | 98.9 |
| 2047 | 98.9 |
| 2048 | 98.9 |
| 2049 | 98.9 |
| 2050 | 98.9 |
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.
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- Military spending2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$27B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel41,000 people in 2020
- National power0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports601 million TIV in 2025