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This post was last updated by José of onez on Sunday, 27 April 2025.

Amsterdam, capital city of Netherlands

Image of Amsterdam, capital city of Netherlands

Netherlands Flag

Flag of Netherlands

Netherlands is a country located in the Western Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of European Union.

Easy learning about Netherlands

Netherlands is located in Western Europe
Europe Continent
Member of European Union since 1958
Euro since 1999
Schengen since 1995
NATO since 1949
Netherlands has a population of 18,092,524 inhabitants
(2023 UN data)
Inhabitants of Netherlands are called Dutch, Dutchmen and Dutchwomen, Netherlanders
The country’s total area is 41,526 Km2
( 25,803 sq mi)
Global Peace Index Rank18
Global Peace Index Score2
Human Development Index (HDI) Netherlands HDI ranks in position nº 10 worldwide
Very High Human Development
HDI of 0.946 (0.4 to 1)
(2022 data from UNDP)
Netherlands’s passport allows visa-free entry to 188 countries
Netherlands passport ranks in position nº 4 in the world
(2025 HP Index data)
Netherlands GDP per capita is $70,480 USD
(2025 estimated data from IMF)
Netherlands ’s LGBTI legal status Same-sex sexual acts are Legal
(2025 ILGA data)
Netherlands EPI (English Proficiency Index) is classified as Very high proficiency in English
has a score of 636
ranks 1st worldwide
(2024 data from EPI)
Latitude & Longitude 52° 31' N, 5° 46' E
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Netherlands Capital cityAmsterdam
Neighbouring countriesGermany, Belgium.
Netherlands Climatetemperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters
Most predominant religionRoman Catholic,
Second most predominant religionProtestant (includes Dutch Reformed, Protestant Church of The Netherlands, Calvinist),
Currency name & code Euro (EUR)
Internet ccTLD.nl
Netherlands calling code+31

Netherlands administrative divisions

12 provinces (provincies) and 3 public entities*

Bonaire

*
  1. Drenthe
  2. Flevoland
  3. Fryslan (Friesland)
  4. Gelderland
  5. Groningen
  6. Limburg
  7. Noord-Brabant (North Brabant)
  8. Noord-Holland (North Holland)
  9. Overijssel
Saba*

  • Sint Eustatius*

    1. Utrecht
    2. Zeeland (Zealand)
    3. Zuid-Holland (South Holland)
    The Netherlands is one of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands - the other three - Aruba, Curacao, and Sint Maarten, are all islands in the Caribbean - while all four parts are considered equal partners, in practice, most of the Kingdom's affairs are administered by the Netherlands, which makes up about 98% of the Kingdom's total land area and population. Although Bonaire
  • Saba
  • and Sint Eustatius are officially incorporated into the country of the Netherlands under the broad designation of public entities Dutch Government sources regularly apply to them the more descriptive term of special municipalities

    • Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are collectively referred to as the Caribbean Netherlands

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