Barbados vs Netherlands: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Barbados
0.3%
in 2025
Netherlands
0.3%
in 2025
Barbados rank
109th
Netherlands rank
111th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Barbados
- Netherlands
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Netherlands, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Netherlands ahead.
Barbados ranks 109th and Netherlands ranks 111th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Netherlands in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.8% | Barbados |
| 1970s | 3.4% | 0.5% | 3.0% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Netherlands |
| 1990s | -0.1% | 1.1% | 1.3% | Netherlands |
| 2000s | -0.6% | 1.2% | 1.7% | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Barbados or Netherlands?
- Barbados, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Netherlands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Barbados and Netherlands?
- 0.0%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Netherlands?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Netherlands rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Barbados ranks 109th and Netherlands ranks 111th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.