Malta vs Netherlands: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Malta
95.7%
in 2025
Netherlands
95.9%
in 2025
Malta rank
22nd
Netherlands rank
21st
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Malta
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 95.9% against 95.7% in Malta, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 22nd and Netherlands ranks 21st of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 20 and Netherlands in 20.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Malta |
| 1100s | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Netherlands |
| 1200s | 1.1% | 2.2% | 1.1% | Netherlands |
| 1300s | 1.5% | 4.1% | 2.6% | Netherlands |
| 1400s | 1.9% | 4.7% | 2.8% | Netherlands |
| 1500s | 2.6% | 10.4% | 7.8% | Netherlands |
| 1600s | 3.4% | 22.0% | 18.6% | Netherlands |
| 1700s | 4.6% | 33.6% | 29.0% | Netherlands |
| 1710s | 7.7% | 34.5% | 26.8% | Netherlands |
| 1720s | 10.8% | 35.4% | 24.7% | Netherlands |
| 1730s | 13.8% | 36.4% | 22.5% | Netherlands |
| 1740s | 16.9% | 37.3% | 20.3% | Netherlands |
| 1750s | 20.0% | 38.2% | 18.2% | Netherlands |
| 1760s | 23.1% | 39.1% | 16.0% | Netherlands |
| 1770s | 26.2% | 40.0% | 13.8% | Netherlands |
| 1780s | 29.3% | 40.9% | 11.7% | Netherlands |
| 1790s | 32.4% | 41.9% | 9.5% | Netherlands |
| 1800s | 35.4% | 42.8% | 7.3% | Netherlands |
| 1810s | 38.5% | 43.7% | 5.2% | Netherlands |
| 1820s | 41.6% | 44.6% | 3.0% | Netherlands |
| 1830s | 44.7% | 45.5% | 0.8% | Netherlands |
| 1840s | 47.8% | 46.4% | 1.3% | Malta |
| 1850s | 50.9% | 47.4% | 3.5% | Malta |
| 1860s | 53.9% | 48.3% | 5.7% | Malta |
| 1870s | 57.0% | 49.2% | 7.8% | Malta |
| 1880s | 60.1% | 50.1% | 10.0% | Malta |
| 1890s | 63.2% | 51.0% | 12.2% | Malta |
| 1900s | 66.3% | 52.0% | 14.3% | Malta |
| 1910s | 69.4% | 52.9% | 16.5% | Malta |
| 1920s | 72.4% | 53.8% | 18.7% | Malta |
| 1930s | 75.5% | 54.7% | 20.8% | Malta |
| 1940s | 78.6% | 55.6% | 23.0% | Malta |
| 1950s | 89.8% | 58.1% | 31.7% | Malta |
| 1960s | 89.6% | 60.9% | 28.7% | Malta |
| 1970s | 89.4% | 63.9% | 25.6% | Malta |
| 1980s | 89.9% | 67.2% | 22.7% | Malta |
| 1990s | 92.4% | 72.0% | 20.4% | Malta |
| 2000s | 93.7% | 82.8% | 10.8% | Malta |
| 2010s | 94.5% | 90.1% | 4.3% | Malta |
| 2020s | 95.5% | 95.1% | 0.4% | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050, Malta or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 95.9% against 95.7% in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Malta and Netherlands?
- 0.2%, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Netherlands?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Malta and Netherlands rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Malta ranks 22nd and Netherlands ranks 21st of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.