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
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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

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.