Built-up surface in the Netherlands from satellite imagery: 1,906 square kilometres in 2020, 2 times as much as in 1975

Built-up surface in the Netherlands from satellite imagery, 1975 – 2020, in square kilometres. That is the highest point in the series.

Source: GHSL (JRC), landenstatistieken R2024A, werkblad BU_S_km2_L1 · opgehaald 25 oktober 2026 · selection: Som van de drie DEGURBA-klassen; 2025 en 2030 zijn vooruitberekeningen en staan er niet inOpen the table Single block

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Global Human Settlement Layer

Joint Research Centre (Europese Commissie)

Raster maps of the whole world: how much is built up and how many people live there, per 100-metre or 1-kilometre cell, for 1975, 1980 and so on up to 2030. Made from satellite images and censuses, the same way for every country.

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Table: GHS-COUNTRY-STATS_MT_GLOBE_R2024_V1_0.xlsx (BU_S_km2_L1)
Latest figure: 2020
Fetched: 25 October 2026

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Built-up surface in the Netherlands from satellite imagery: 1,906 square kilometres in 2020, 2 times as much as in 1975

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