Facts and Figures
Full name: Netherlands
Nationality
noun: Dutch
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Area total: 41,526 sq km land: 33,883 sq km water: 7,643 sq km
Population: 16,407,491 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups
Dutch 83%,
other 17% (of which 9% are non-Western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese, and Indonesians) (1999 est.)
Capital: Amsterdam, population 740,000
Largest Cities
Rotterdam – 600,000 Eindhoven – 200,000
Groningen – 175,000
Official Language Dutch (official) Frisian (official)
Religion
Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40% (1998)
Political system
Monarchy Constitutional democracy
GDP: purchasing power parity – $481.1 billion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $29,500 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 1.2% (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 2.4%
industry: 24.5% services: 73.1% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 1.4% (2004 est.)