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🇳🇱 Netherlands

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3NLD
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2NL
UN M49 numeric528
IOC codeNED
Official nameKingdom of the Netherlands
Native name(s)nld: official: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; common: Nederland
Alt spellingsNL, Holland, Nederland, The Netherlands
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionWestern Europe
UN regional groupWestern European and Others Group
CapitalAmsterdam
Area (km²)41,850
Lat / Lng52.5000, 5.7500
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)BEL, DEU
Top-level domain.nl
Calling coderoot: +3; suffixes: 1

Demographics

Population (World Bank)18,087,633 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)81.966 (2024)
Languagesnld: Dutch
Demonymseng: f: Dutch; m: Dutch; fra: f: Néerlandaise; m: Néerlandais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)1,332,767,651,100.39 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)73,683.917 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.874 (2025)
CurrenciesEUR: name: Euro; symbol: €

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195010,113,757
195110,264,537
195210,382,295
195310,493,531
195410,615,735
195510,751,230
195610,889,769
195711,026,878
195811,187,358
195911,348,103
196011,486,911
196111,639,365
196211,807,551
196311,969,156
196412,131,885
196512,301,125
196612,464,289
196712,607,834
196812,740,845
196912,890,636
197013,052,078
197113,208,354
197213,342,772
197313,453,744
197413,559,669
197513,680,035
197613,786,637
197713,868,604
197813,953,921
197914,050,169
198014,162,686
198114,262,689
198214,333,900
198314,396,901
198414,462,807
198514,538,959
198614,626,494
198714,724,947
198814,825,923
198914,921,111
199015,030,878
199115,155,090
199215,276,785
199315,389,720
199415,485,449
199515,565,032
199615,640,027
199715,723,622
199815,827,107
199915,940,184
200016,058,760
200116,182,705
200216,288,051
200316,366,912
200416,425,566
200516,465,710
200616,493,852
200716,531,357
200816,597,258
200916,684,150
201016,771,235
201116,851,057
201216,915,194
201316,967,063
201417,030,089
201517,107,433
201617,204,693
201717,315,370
201817,421,280
201917,537,507
202017,636,731
202117,730,564
202217,904,421
202318,092,524

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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