Netherlands · Urban Population · % of total

## What this measures

The share of people in Netherlands living in urban areas, as each country defines them, one value per year.

## Why it matters

Urbanization tracks the move from farm to factory and services; it shapes demand for housing, infrastructure and energy.

## How to read it

Higher means more of the population lives in cities. It rises fast during industrialization and flattens near 80–90%.

## What it does not say

National definitions of "urban" differ, so levels compare loosely across countries. Values are UN estimates that move smoothly between censuses.

## Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0 per the indicator's metadata), indicator `SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS`, annual, dated December 31. Read weekly by the sovereign-panel sync, which rewrites the history so revisions carry through. Originally from the UN World Urbanization Prospects.