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Netherlands: Population in the largest city

6.85percent · 2025-5.2% since 2015

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for Netherlands from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20256.853
20246.867
20236.889
20226.934
20216.977
20206.989
20197.002
20187.092
20177.194
20167.225
20157.232
20147.245
20137.269
20127.287
20117.302
20107.335
20097.413
20087.447
20077.437
20067.462
20057.519
20047.609
20037.698
20027.753
20017.836
20008.038
19998.216
19988.277
19978.432
19968.812
19959.039
19949.052
19939.101
19929.163
19919.184
19909.224
19899.266
19889.326
19879.38
19869.424
19859.483
19849.525
19839.59
19829.718
19819.955
198010.228
197910.424
197810.609
197710.765
197610.927
197511.118
197411.22
197311.289
197211.317
197111.571
197011.951
196912.204
196812.335
196712.484
196612.679
196512.862
196413.053
196313.252
196213.348
196113.485
196013.616

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Population in the largest city. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-in-the-largest-city (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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