Rural population in the Netherlands in 2025 — 734,613 people. Ranked 142 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 84%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Netherlands
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 734,613 | −49,966 | −6.37% |
| 2024 | 784,579 | −51,682 | −6.18% |
| 2023 | 836,261 | −51,334 | −5.78% |
| 2022 | 887,595 | −54,021 | −5.74% |
| 2021 | 941,616 | −60,707 | −6.06% |
| 2020 | 1M | −57,483 | −5.42% |
| 2019 | 1.06M | −214,258 | −16.82% |
| 2018 | 1.27M | −246,858 | −16.23% |
| 2017 | 1.52M | −83,278 | −5.19% |
| 2016 | 1.6M | −42,568 | −2.58% |
| 2015 | 1.65M | −67,311 | −3.93% |
| 2014 | 1.71M | −105,001 | −5.77% |
| 2013 | 1.82M | −102,003 | −5.31% |
| 2012 | 1.92M | −81,098 | −4.05% |
| 2011 | 2M | −99,620 | −4.74% |
| 2010 | 2.1M | −175,703 | −7.71% |
| 2009 | 2.28M | −88,201 | −3.73% |
| 2008 | 2.37M | −24,561 | −1.03% |
| 2007 | 2.39M | −118,333 | −4.72% |
| 2006 | 2.51M | −183,380 | −6.81% |
| 2005 | 2.69M | −197,882 | −6.85% |
| 2004 | 2.89M | −144,087 | −4.75% |
| 2003 | 3.03M | −65,269 | −2.11% |
| 2002 | 3.1M | −80,485 | −2.53% |
| 2001 | 3.18M | −247,041 | −7.21% |
| 2000 | 3.43M | −200,432 | −5.53% |
| 1999 | 3.63M | −24,387 | −0.67% |
| 1998 | 3.65M | −164,580 | −4.31% |
| 1997 | 3.82M | −466,652 | −10.9% |
| 1996 | 4.28M | −247,680 | −5.47% |
| 1995 | 4.53M | −21,299 | −0.47% |
| 1994 | 4.55M | −72,237 | −1.56% |
| 1993 | 4.62M | −36,201 | −0.78% |
| 1992 | 4.66M | +19,810 | +0.43% |
| 1991 | 4.64M | +3,547 | +0.08% |
| 1990 | 4.64M | −534 | −0.01% |
| 1989 | 4.64M | −22,407 | −0.48% |
| 1988 | 4.66M | −9,284 | −0.2% |
| 1987 | 4.67M | +1,630 | +0.03% |
| 1986 | 4.67M | −24,955 | −0.53% |
| 1985 | 4.69M | −15,669 | −0.33% |
| 1984 | 4.71M | −44,378 | −0.93% |
| 1983 | 4.75M | −48,129 | −1% |
| 1982 | 4.8M | −80,003 | −1.64% |
| 1981 | 4.88M | −73,112 | −1.48% |
| 1980 | 4.95M | +13,883 | +0.28% |
| 1979 | 4.94M | +7,761 | +0.16% |
| 1978 | 4.93M | +24,883 | +0.51% |
| 1977 | 4.91M | +18,402 | +0.38% |
| 1976 | 4.89M | +22,876 | +0.47% |
| 1975 | 4.87M | +19,462 | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 4.85M | −57,332 | −1.17% |
| 1973 | 4.9M | −17,873 | −0.36% |
| 1972 | 4.92M | +13,976 | +0.28% |
| 1971 | 4.91M | −35,789 | −0.72% |
| 1970 | 4.94M | +24,056 | +0.49% |
| 1969 | 4.92M | +55,281 | +1.14% |
| 1968 | 4.86M | +29,332 | +0.61% |
| 1967 | 4.83M | +14,503 | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 4.82M | +45,000 | +0.94% |
| 1965 | 4.78M | +28,473 | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 4.75M | +744 | +0.02% |
| 1963 | 4.75M | +59,789 | +1.28% |
| 1962 | 4.69M | +47,048 | +1.01% |
| 1961 | 4.64M | +37,680 | +0.82% |
| 1960 | 4.6M | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.
Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
The part of residents living outside cities — the other side of urbanization.
Demography Urban populationThe absolute number of city dwellers by country.
Demography PopulationResident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.
Labor Employment in agricultureThe share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
