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
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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

Indicator
Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.