Czechia vs Netherlands Antilles: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Czechia
72.9%
in 2025
Netherlands Antilles
73.5%
in 1940
Czechia rank
95th
Netherlands Antilles rank
93rd

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

  • Czechia
  • Netherlands Antilles
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How they compare

Netherlands Antilles currently reports 73.5% against 72.9% in Czechia, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Czechia ahead.

Czechia ranks 95th and Netherlands Antilles ranks 93rd of 238 countries.

Across the 32 decades both report, Czechia averaged higher in 7 and Netherlands Antilles in 25.

Head to head by decade

Decade Czechia Netherlands Antilles Difference Ahead
1000s 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% Czechia
1100s 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% Czechia
1200s 0.6% 0.0% 0.5% Czechia
1300s 1.7% 0.1% 1.6% Czechia
1400s 5.2% 0.3% 4.9% Czechia
1500s 4.8% 0.9% 3.9% Czechia
1600s 4.9% 2.7% 2.2% Czechia
1700s 4.8% 8.0% 3.2% Netherlands Antilles
1710s 5.3% 9.1% 3.8% Netherlands Antilles
1720s 5.8% 9.9% 4.1% Netherlands Antilles
1730s 6.3% 10.9% 4.6% Netherlands Antilles
1740s 6.8% 11.9% 5.1% Netherlands Antilles
1750s 7.3% 13.0% 5.7% Netherlands Antilles
1760s 7.4% 14.3% 6.9% Netherlands Antilles
1770s 7.5% 15.7% 8.1% Netherlands Antilles
1780s 7.7% 17.1% 9.5% Netherlands Antilles
1790s 7.8% 18.8% 11.0% Netherlands Antilles
1800s 7.9% 20.6% 12.7% Netherlands Antilles
1810s 8.0% 22.5% 14.5% Netherlands Antilles
1820s 9.0% 24.7% 15.7% Netherlands Antilles
1830s 10.0% 27.0% 17.0% Netherlands Antilles
1840s 11.0% 29.6% 18.6% Netherlands Antilles
1850s 13.0% 32.4% 19.4% Netherlands Antilles
1860s 15.0% 35.5% 20.5% Netherlands Antilles
1870s 17.0% 38.9% 21.9% Netherlands Antilles
1880s 20.0% 42.6% 22.6% Netherlands Antilles
1890s 23.0% 46.6% 23.6% Netherlands Antilles
1900s 26.0% 51.1% 25.1% Netherlands Antilles
1910s 28.0% 55.9% 27.9% Netherlands Antilles
1920s 32.0% 61.3% 29.3% Netherlands Antilles
1930s 36.0% 67.1% 31.1% Netherlands Antilles
1940s 42.0% 73.5% 31.5% 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?, Czechia or Netherlands Antilles?
Netherlands Antilles, at 73.5% against 72.9% in Czechia as of 1940.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Czechia and Netherlands Antilles?
0.6%, with Netherlands Antilles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Netherlands Antilles?
32 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 1940.
How do Czechia and Netherlands Antilles rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Czechia ranks 95th 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.