Niederlande - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 52 21 N, 4 55 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
time zone note: time descriptions apply to the continental Netherlands only, for the constituent countries in the Caribbean, the time difference is UTC-4
etymology: the original Dutch name, Amstellerdam, meaning "a dam on the Amstel River," dates to the 13th century; over time the name simplified to Amsterdam
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of the Netherlands
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
land: 33,893 sq km
water: 7,650 sq km
arable land: 29.8% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 1.1% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 24.2% (2018 est.)
forest: 10.8% (2018 est.)
other: 34.1% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 63.08% (male 5,532,490/female 5,483,034)
65 years and over: 20.86% (2023 est.) (male 1,658,652/female 1,984,456)
major-language sample(s):
Het Wereld Feitenboek, een onmisbare bron van informatie. (Dutch)
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male: 80.1 years
female: 83.3 years
male: 41 years
female: 43.4 years
rate of urbanization: 0.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 18 years
female: 19 years (2020)
3.82% (2020 est.)
3.38% (2019 est.)
61.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
note: data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment, debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions
1.27% (2020 est.)
2.63% (2019 est.)
$712.3 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$751.2 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$620.5 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$662 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 44 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 92% (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 125 (2021 est.)
none identified