Finland vs Netherlands Antilles: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Finland
74.5%
in 2025
Netherlands Antilles
73.5%
in 1940
Finland rank
90th
Netherlands Antilles rank
93rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Finland
- Netherlands Antilles
How they compare
Finland currently reports 74.5% against 73.5% in Netherlands Antilles, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 90th and Netherlands Antilles ranks 93rd of 238 countries.
Across the 32 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 6 and Netherlands Antilles in 26.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Netherlands Antilles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Finland |
| 1100s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Finland |
| 1200s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Finland |
| 1300s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Finland |
| 1400s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Finland |
| 1500s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | Finland |
| 1600s | 1.4% | 2.7% | 1.3% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1700s | 4.0% | 8.0% | 4.0% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1710s | 5.1% | 9.1% | 4.0% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1720s | 6.2% | 9.9% | 3.7% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1730s | 7.4% | 10.9% | 3.5% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1740s | 8.5% | 11.9% | 3.4% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1750s | 9.6% | 13.0% | 3.5% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1760s | 10.7% | 14.3% | 3.6% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1770s | 11.8% | 15.7% | 3.8% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1780s | 12.9% | 17.1% | 4.2% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1790s | 14.1% | 18.8% | 4.7% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1800s | 15.2% | 20.6% | 5.4% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1810s | 16.3% | 22.5% | 6.2% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1820s | 17.4% | 24.7% | 7.3% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1830s | 18.5% | 27.0% | 8.5% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1840s | 19.6% | 29.6% | 10.0% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1850s | 20.8% | 32.4% | 11.7% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1860s | 21.9% | 35.5% | 13.6% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1870s | 23.0% | 38.9% | 15.9% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1880s | 24.1% | 42.6% | 18.5% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1890s | 25.2% | 46.6% | 21.4% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1900s | 26.3% | 51.1% | 24.7% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1910s | 27.5% | 55.9% | 28.5% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1920s | 28.6% | 61.3% | 32.7% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1930s | 29.7% | 67.1% | 37.4% | Netherlands Antilles |
| 1940s | 30.8% | 73.5% | 42.7% | 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?, Finland or Netherlands Antilles?
- Finland, at 74.5% against 73.5% in Netherlands Antilles as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Finland and Netherlands Antilles?
- 1.0%, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Netherlands Antilles?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 1940.
- How do Finland and Netherlands Antilles rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Finland ranks 90th 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.