Netherlands vs Puerto Rico: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Netherlands
0.9731 people per person
in 2025
Puerto Rico
0.9584 people per person
in 2025
Netherlands rank
14th
Puerto Rico rank
16th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Netherlands
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 0.9731 people per person against 0.9584 people per person in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.0147 people per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Netherlands ahead.
Netherlands ranks 14th and Puerto Rico ranks 16th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 3 and Puerto Rico in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6095 people per person | 0.493 people per person | 0.1166 people per person | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 0.6392 people per person | 0.6115 people per person | 0.0278 people per person | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 0.6744 people per person | 0.7454 people per person | 0.071 people per person | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 0.725 people per person | 0.9028 people per person | 0.1778 people per person | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 0.8358 people per person | 0.9369 people per person | 0.1011 people per person | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 0.9105 people per person | 0.9342 people per person | 0.0237 people per person | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.9629 people per person | 0.9482 people per person | 0.0148 people per person | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita, Netherlands or Puerto Rico?
- Netherlands, at 0.9731 people per person against 0.9584 people per person in Puerto Rico as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Netherlands and Puerto Rico?
- 0.0147 people per person, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Puerto Rico?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Netherlands and Puerto Rico rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Netherlands ranks 14th and Puerto Rico ranks 16th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.