Bulgaria vs Netherlands Antilles: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Bulgaria
74.2%
in 2025
Netherlands Antilles
73.5%
in 1940
Bulgaria rank
91st
Netherlands Antilles rank
93rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Bulgaria
- Netherlands Antilles
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 74.2% against 73.5% in Netherlands Antilles, a difference of 0.7%.
Across all 32 years both countries report, Netherlands Antilles has been ahead every year.
Bulgaria ranks 91st and Netherlands Antilles ranks 93rd of 238 countries.
Netherlands Antilles has averaged higher in every one of the 32 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Netherlands Antilles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 2.7% | 2.3% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 8.0% | 7.0% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1710s | 1.0% | 9.1% | 8.1% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1720s | 1.0% | 9.9% | 8.9% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1730s | 1.0% | 10.9% | 9.9% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1740s | 1.0% | 11.9% | 10.9% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1750s | 1.0% | 13.0% | 12.0% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 14.3% | 13.3% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1770s | 1.0% | 15.7% | 14.7% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1780s | 1.0% | 17.1% | 16.1% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1790s | 1.0% | 18.8% | 17.8% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1800s | 1.0% | 20.6% | 19.6% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1810s | 1.2% | 22.5% | 21.3% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1820s | 1.5% | 24.7% | 23.2% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1830s | 1.9% | 27.0% | 25.1% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1840s | 2.4% | 29.6% | 27.2% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1850s | 3.0% | 32.4% | 29.4% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1860s | 3.7% | 35.5% | 31.8% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1870s | 4.6% | 38.9% | 34.2% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1880s | 5.8% | 42.6% | 36.8% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1890s | 7.2% | 46.6% | 39.4% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1900s | 9.0% | 51.1% | 42.0% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1910s | 11.3% | 55.9% | 44.6% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1920s | 14.1% | 61.3% | 47.1% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1930s | 17.7% | 67.1% | 49.4% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1940s | 22.1% | 73.5% | 51.4% | Netherlands Antilles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Bulgaria or Netherlands Antilles?
- Bulgaria, at 74.2% against 73.5% in Netherlands Antilles as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bulgaria and Netherlands Antilles?
- 0.7%, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Netherlands Antilles?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 1940.
- How do Bulgaria and Netherlands Antilles rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Bulgaria ranks 91st and Netherlands Antilles ranks 93rd of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Do more people live in urban or rural areas?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.