Urban population share in Netherlands
95.9% of people in Netherlands lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Netherlands, 2025
95.9%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
European Union, 2025
75.2%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
70.7%
Position in 2025
15th of 217
Urban population share in Netherlands over time
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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Netherlands | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95.9% | 75.2% |
| 2024 | 95.6% | 75.0% |
| 2023 | 95.3% | 74.9% |
| 2022 | 95.0% | 74.8% |
| 2021 | 94.6% | 74.6% |
| 2020 | 94.3% | 74.5% |
| 2019 | 93.9% | 74.5% |
| 2018 | 92.6% | 74.3% |
| 2017 | 91.1% | 74.2% |
| 2016 | 90.6% | 74.1% |
| 2015 | 90.3% | 73.9% |
| 2014 | 89.8% | 73.7% |
| 2013 | 89.2% | 73.5% |
| 2012 | 88.5% | 73.4% |
| 2011 | 88.0% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | 87.4% | 73.1% |
| 2009 | 86.2% | 72.9% |
| 2008 | 85.6% | 72.8% |
| 2007 | 85.4% | 72.7% |
| 2006 | 84.7% | 72.6% |
| 2005 | 83.5% | 72.4% |
| 2004 | 82.3% | 72.2% |
| 2003 | 81.3% | 72.1% |
| 2002 | 80.8% | 71.9% |
| 2001 | 80.2% | 71.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 95.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 90.3%, the figure has changed by +5.7 percentage points.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Netherlands has the 15th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 75.2%.
More for Netherlands
All statistics for Netherlands
Population on 1 January
18,044,027 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
18,044,027 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.1p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.6p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.43 births per woman
2024 · Eurostat
Population aged 65 and over
20.8%
2025 · Eurostat