| Official name | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Name in local language | Koninkrijk van Nederland (nl) |
| Continent | Europe |
| Subcontinent | European Union |
| Population (ranking: 70e) | 17,483,925 inhabitants (2021) |
| Population growth | 0.33 % / year |
| Area | 41,543 km² |
| Density | 420.86 inhabitants / km² |
| GDP (ranking: 17e) | 907.051 billions $USD (2019) |
| GDP/capita (ranking) | 52,331 $USD (2019) |
| GDP growth | 1.70 % / year (2019) |
| Life expectancy (ranking) | 82.10 years (2019) |
| Birth rate | 9.80 ‰ (2019) |
| Fertility rate | 1.78 children / woman (2015) |
| Death rate (ranking) | 8.80 ‰ (2019) |
| Infant mortality rate (ranking) | 3.60 ‰ (2019) |
| Literacy rate | 100.00 % (2021) |
| Official languages | Dutch |
| Currency | Euro (€ EUR) |
| HDI (ranking: 14e) | 0.944 / 1 (2019) |
| EPI (ranking) | 75.46 (2018) |
| Government | Semi-federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
| Head of State | King Willem-Alexander |
| National Day | 27 April (day of the king) |
| ISO Codes | NL, NLD |
| Demonym | Dutch |
| Tourists (ranking) | 19,014,000 people (2018) |
A flat country very open to the world
The Netherlands is a western European state bordered by the North Sea, Belgium to the south and Germany to the east. It is a constitutional monarchy.
The country is very open to the international. Its geographical position, in the heart of the European “Blue Banana”, makes it a central point, especially for the transport of goods. Rotterdam, even though it is no longer the world’s leading port because of the very strong growth of Chinese ports, remains the largest in all of Europe.
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Urban areas (2020)
| Urban areas | Population |
|---|---|
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Randstad
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8,366,078 inhabitants |
| Amsterdam | 2,480,394 inhabitants |
| Rotterdam–The Hague | 2,392,289 inhabitants |
| Brabant | 2,145,390 inhabitants |
| Eindhoven | 784,369 inhabitants |
| Arnhem–Nijmegen | 736,107 inhabitants |
| Utrecht | 656,342 inhabitants |
| Breda-Tilburg | 553,706 inhabitants |
| Groningen | 539,486 inhabitants |
| Maastricht | 277,721 inhabitants |
| Apeldoorn | 213,899 inhabitants |
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Administrative divisions
| Provinces | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Drenthe | 493,682 inhabitants | 2,680 km² |
| Flevoland | 423,021 inhabitants | 2,412 km² |
| Friesland | 649,957 inhabitants | 5,749 km² |
| Gelderland | 2,085,952 inhabitants | 5,137 km² |
| Groningen | 585,866 inhabitants | 2,960 km² |
| Limburg | 1,117,201 inhabitants | 2,209 km² |
| North Brabant | 2,562,955 inhabitants | 5,082 km² |
| North Holland | 2,879,527 inhabitants | 4,092 km² |
| Overijssel | 1,162,406 inhabitants | 3,421 km² |
| South Holland | 3,708,696 inhabitants | 3,419 km² |
| Utrecht | 1,354,834 inhabitants | 1,449 km² |
| Zeeland | 383,488 inhabitants | 2,934 km² |