Netherlands Nederland  (Dutch)
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Location of the European part of the  Netherlands  (dark green) – on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)
Location of the  Caribbean municipalities  (green)
Capital and largest city	Amsterdam 52°22′N 4°53′E / 52.367°N 4.883°E / 52.367; 4.883
Government seat	The Hague
Official languages	Dutch
English Papiamentu West Frisian
French Dutch Low Saxon Limburgish German Sinte Romani Yiddish
Ethnic groups (2017)	77.39% Dutch 9.88% other Europeans 2.34% Turks 2.29% Moroccans 2.13% Moluccans and other Indonesians 2.05% Surinamese 0.90% Dutch Caribbean 0.23% other Americans 2.80% other
Religion (2016)	50.1% no religion 43.8% Christianity —23.7% Catholicism —18.1% Protestantism —2.0% other Christian 4.9% Islam 1.2% other
Demonym(s)	Dutch
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Willem-Alexander
• Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
• Deputy Prime Ministers	Rob Jetten Karien van Gennip Carola Schouten
• Vice President of the Council of State	Thom de Graaf
Legislature	States General
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Independence from Habsburg Spain
• Proclaimed	26 July 1581
• Recognised	30 January 1648
• Kingdom established	16 March 1815
• Liberation Day	5 May 1945
• UN admission	10 December 1945
• Charter	15 December 1954
• Caribbean incorporation	10 October 2010
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (131st)
• Water (%)	18.41 (as of 2023)
Population
• 2023 census	17,811,291 (68th)
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (16th)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$1.004 trillion (28th)
• Per capita	$58,255 (13th)
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$914 billion (17th)
• Per capita	$53,016 (13th)
Gini (2019)	▼ 26.6 low · 15th
HDI (2018)	0.933 very high · 10th
Currency	Euro (€, EUR) US dollar ($, USD)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET) UTC−4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST) UTC−4 (AST)
	Note: Even though the European Netherlands are located within the UTC±0 longitudes, the country adoptedUTC+1 (Central European Time) as its standard time under German occupation on 2 November 1942, with a +0:40:28 offset (+1:40:28 during DST) from Amsterdam’s LMT (UTC+0:19:32).
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Mains electricity	230 V–50 Hz
Driving side	right
Calling code	+31, +599
ISO 3166 code	NL
Internet TLD	.nl, .bq

Netherlands (or Holland) is a country that is part (of a constituent country) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Most of it is in Western Europe, but there are also some parts in the Caribbean. Nearly 18 million people live there. To the north and west of the European part of the Netherlands is the North Sea, and to the east is Germany, and to the south is Belgium. The Netherlands is one of the countries that started the European Union. People who live in the Netherlands are called "Dutch". The language of the Netherlands is also called Dutch. The official capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam. However, the government is in The Hague.