Netherlands - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Netherlands was 1,354,158 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,033,943 in 1972 and a minimum value of 1,354,158 in 2020.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 4,623,139
1961 4,653,157
1962 4,698,192
1963 4,740,078
1964 4,781,723
1965 4,825,313
1966 4,865,910
1967 4,898,433
1968 4,926,402
1969 4,960,471
1970 4,998,580
1971 5,025,388
1972 5,033,943
1973 5,033,026
1974 5,029,686
1975 5,031,535
1976 5,027,799
1977 5,014,415
1978 5,001,864
1979 4,992,711
1980 4,988,512
1981 4,971,706
1982 4,936,304
1983 4,896,872
1984 4,858,219
1985 4,822,960
1986 4,791,802
1987 4,764,231
1988 4,737,105
1989 4,707,697
1990 4,682,215
1991 4,622,058
1992 4,521,389
1993 4,418,916
1994 4,313,040
1995 4,203,458
1996 4,093,839
1997 3,988,053
1998 3,887,534
1999 3,790,157
2000 3,695,515
2001 3,557,438
2002 3,373,027
2003 3,189,732
2004 3,009,850
2005 2,834,761
2006 2,674,876
2007 2,532,774
2008 2,400,728
2009 2,266,647
2010 2,137,737
2011 2,023,367
2012 1,912,076
2013 1,817,063
2014 1,738,782
2015 1,664,686
2016 1,594,889
2017 1,528,626
2018 1,466,411
2019 1,409,098
2020 1,354,158

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Netherlands was 7.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 40.25 in 1960, while its lowest value was 7.76 in 2020.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 40.25
1961 39.98
1962 39.80
1963 39.61
1964 39.43
1965 39.25
1966 39.06
1967 38.88
1968 38.70
1969 38.52
1970 38.34
1971 38.09
1972 37.77
1973 37.45
1974 37.13
1975 36.82
1976 36.50
1977 36.19
1978 35.88
1979 35.57
1980 35.26
1981 34.90
1982 34.49
1983 34.08
1984 33.68
1985 33.28
1986 32.88
1987 32.49
1988 32.09
1989 31.70
1990 31.32
1991 30.67
1992 29.78
1993 28.90
1994 28.04
1995 27.19
1996 26.36
1997 25.55
1998 24.75
1999 23.97
2000 23.21
2001 22.17
2002 20.89
2003 19.66
2004 18.49
2005 17.37
2006 16.36
2007 15.46
2008 14.60
2009 13.71
2010 12.87
2011 12.12
2012 11.41
2013 10.81
2014 10.31
2015 9.83
2016 9.37
2017 8.92
2018 8.51
2019 8.12
2020 7.76

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization