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

Martinique

96.8%

in 2025

Netherlands

95.9%

in 2025

Martinique rank

19th

Netherlands rank

21st

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

Martinique currently reports 96.8% against 95.9% in Netherlands, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Netherlands ahead.

Martinique ranks 19th and Netherlands ranks 21st of 238 regions.

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: 07 August 2026

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