Netherlands
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Europe.
- Capital
- Amsterdam
Also accepted in our quizzes: The Hague, Den Haag - Also known as
- The Netherlands
- Continent
- Europe
More Europe quizzes - Land neighbours
- Belgium, Germany
- Population
- 18,087,633 (2025)
- Total area
- 41,540 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 52.3° N, 5.6° E
The Netherlands at a glance
The Netherlands is a country in Europe. Its capital is Amsterdam; our capitals quizzes also accept The Hague. It shares land borders with 2 countries: Belgium and Germany.
Flag of the Netherlands
The Netherlands’ flag is drawn in the proportions 2:3 (height to width), the most common shape among the 197 flags in our quizzes (87 of them).
Guess the Flag never shows it beside Luxembourg’s flag: the two differ only in shade or proportions.
Luxembourg and the Netherlands: red, white and blue horizontal bands; Luxembourg’s blue is lighter and its flag longer.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Paraguay and Croatia.
The Netherlands in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Europe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 18,087,633 | 71stof 195 | 10thof 44 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 41,540 km² | 131stof 194 | 30thof 43 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $1.333T | 18thof 182 | 7thof 41 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $73,684 | 9thof 182 | 7thof 41 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 82.0 years | 29thof 195 | 20thof 44 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.43 | 154thof 195 | 18thof 44 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $6,372 | 12thof 191 | 10thof 42 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 95.9% | 8thof 195 | 3rdof 44 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 97.0% | 17thof 180 | 10thof 43 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 11.1% | 148thof 191 | 40thof 42 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 6.60 t | 33rdof 181 | 10thof 37 |
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
The Netherlands compared with its neighbours
Quizzes featuring the Netherlands
Map quizzes
Flag, outline and capital quizzes
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Netherlands · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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