Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population in Netherlands
Netherlands: Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population was 5.7 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population in Netherlands, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
The most recent figure for overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population in Netherlands is 5.7, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population in Netherlands peaked at 6.2 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2, in 2011.
That places Netherlands 34th out of 36 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.36 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 5 |
| 2010s | 4.27 | 2 | 5.7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.18 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 6 |
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More population data for Netherlands
- Population growth rate by level of development -0.201 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5 757,165 (2100)
- Population density 519.97 (2100)
- Population growth rate -0.201 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.2761 % change on previous year (2100)
- Fertility and wanted fertility 1.43 (2024)
- Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 263,399 (2024)
- Fertility vs unmet contraception 1.43 (2024)
- Fertility vs contraception 1.43 (2024)
- Fertility vs contraception, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population in Netherlands?
- Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population in Netherlands was 5.7 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2 in 2020.
- What is the lowest overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2011.
- How does Netherlands rank for overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population?
- Netherlands ranks 34th out of 36 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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