Bulgaria vs Netherlands: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Bulgaria
0.3%
in 2025
Netherlands
0.3%
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
112th
Netherlands rank
111th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Bulgaria
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 112th and Netherlands ranks 111th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 4 and Netherlands in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.1% | 0.6% | 2.5% | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 3.5% | 0.3% | 3.2% | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 1.8% | 0.5% | 1.3% | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 1.2% | 0.7% | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 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, Bulgaria or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Bulgaria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Bulgaria and Netherlands?
- 0.0%, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Netherlands?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Netherlands rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Bulgaria ranks 112th 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.