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Netherlands
Rural population

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#142out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

5.0 M3.9 M2.8 M1.8 M735 K196019932025Netherlands · 2025: 734,613Netherlands

Analytical takeaways

  • Netherlands records 734,613 for Rural population in 2025, ranking #142 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Rural population declined from 4.60M in 1960 to 734,613 in 2025, a decrease of 3.87M.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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