Lebanon vs Netherlands: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre
Lebanon
510.49 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Netherlands
512.21 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Lebanon rank
16th
Netherlands rank
15th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre over time
- Lebanon
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 512.21 people per square kilometre against 510.49 people per square kilometre in Lebanon, a difference of 1.72 people per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Netherlands ahead.
Lebanon ranks 16th and Netherlands ranks 15th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lebanon averaged higher in 2 and Netherlands in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lebanon | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 104.03 people per square kilometre | 222.15 people per square kilometre | 118.12 people per square kilometre | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 172.13 people per square kilometre | 257.26 people per square kilometre | 85.13 people per square kilometre | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 249.73 people per square kilometre | 289.4 people per square kilometre | 39.66 people per square kilometre | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 325.8 people per square kilometre | 330.94 people per square kilometre | 5.15 people per square kilometre | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 394.23 people per square kilometre | 402.84 people per square kilometre | 8.61 people per square kilometre | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 503.89 people per square kilometre | 457.98 people per square kilometre | 45.91 people per square kilometre | Lebanon |
| 2020s | 505.01 people per square kilometre | 502.33 people per square kilometre | 2.68 people per square kilometre | Lebanon |
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 square kilometre, Lebanon or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 512.21 people per square kilometre against 510.49 people per square kilometre in Lebanon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre between Lebanon and Netherlands?
- 1.72 people per square kilometre, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Netherlands?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Lebanon and Netherlands rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre?
- Lebanon ranks 16th and Netherlands ranks 15th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.