Niederlande - Daten & Fakten

total: 41,543 sq km

land: 33,893 sq km

water: 7,650 sq km

agricultural land: 55.1% (2018 est.)

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.)

Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany

0-14 years: 16.06% (male 1,436,601/female 1,368,697)

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)

10.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

9.7 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Dutch (official); note - Frisian is an official language in Fryslan province; Frisian, Low Saxon, Limburgish, Romani, and Yiddish have protected status under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; Dutch is the official language of the three special municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands; English is a recognized regional language on Sint Eustatius and Saba; Papiamento is a recognized regional language on Bonaire

major-language sample(s):
Het Wereld Feitenboek, een onmisbare bron van informatie. (Dutch)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.

total population: 81.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 80.1 years

female: 83.3 years

1.174 million AMSTERDAM (capital), 1.018 million Rotterdam (2023)

total: 42.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 41 years

female: 43.4 years

30.2 years (2020 est.)

4.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

an area known as the Randstad, anchored by the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague, and Utrecht, is the most densely populated region; the north tends to be less dense, though sizeable communities can be found throughout the entire country

0.48% (2023 est.)

1.61 children born/woman (2023 est.)

urban population: 93.2% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

5.3% of GDP (2020 est.)

total: 19 years

male: 18 years

female: 19 years (2020)

1.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

4.93% (2021 est.)

9.902 million (2021 est.)

13.6% (2019 est.)

4.01% (2021 est.)

3.82% (2020 est.)

3.38% (2019 est.)

56.5% of GDP (2017 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

2.68% (2021 est.)

1.27% (2020 est.)

2.63% (2019 est.)

$839.6 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$712.3 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$751.2 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Germany 20%, Belgium 12%, United Kingdom 9%, France 7%, United States 5% (2019)

$735.7 billion (2021 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

Germany 15%, China 11%, Belgium 9%, United States 8%, Russia 7%, United Kingdom 5% (2019)

29 (2021)

total: 7,525,016 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 44 (2020 est.)

total: 16.56 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 92% (2021 est.)

total: 3,055 km (2020) 2,310 km electrified

total: 139,124 km (2016) (includes 3,654 km of expressways)

total subscriptions: 5.024 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29 (2021 est.)

total subscriptions: 21.888 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 125 (2021 est.)

6,237 km (2012) (navigable by ships up to 50 tons)