Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Amsterdam
- Region
- Europe, Western Europe
- Population
- 18,087,633 (2025)
- Area
- 41,526 km²
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Languages
- Dutch, Western Frisian
- Calling code
- +31
- Internet domain
- .nl
- ISO codes
- NL, NLD, 528
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- #### @@ (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
The Netherlands covers about 41,526 square kilometres. By area it ranks 136th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Denmark and a little larger than Switzerland. It shares a land border with 2 neighbours: Belgium, Germany. Its centre lies at about 52° north, 6° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 18.1 million people live in the Netherlands (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 72nd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.22 percent of the world's people. On average there are 436 people to each square kilometre. About 96 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 82 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Dutch, Western Frisian. A person from the Netherlands is called Dutch.
Money and economy
The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland and 28 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 1.33 trillion (2025), which is about US$ 73,684 for each person (2025).
Time
The Netherlands uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/Amsterdam). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Rotterdam | 868,135 |
| Amsterdam | 741,636 |
| The Hague | 474,292 |
| Utrecht | 376,435 |
| Groningen | 244,807 |
| Eindhoven | 235,691 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Western Europe
France, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Switzerland. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.