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title: "Canada vs Netherlands — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Netherlands is 41,543 km² with 18,087,633. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-netherlands/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Netherlands

**Canada vs Netherlands: Canada is larger; Canada has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 41,543 km² · 41,651,653 vs 18,087,633

Canada is 240 times larger than Netherlands — 9,984,670 against 41,543 km². Canada is 2.3 times more populous than Netherlands — 41,651,653 against 18,087,633 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Amsterdam |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 41,543 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 18,087,633 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 435.4 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | English, French | Dutch |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +31 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Europe |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | NL / NLD |

## Population density

Netherlands is 104 times more densely populated than Canada — 435 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Euro.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Europe.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Netherlands

About a quarter of the Netherlands lies below sea level and roughly a fifth of its present land area has been reclaimed from sea, lake and marsh. Flevoland, a province of some 1,400 km², was drained from the Zuiderzee in the 20th century and is the largest artificial island in the world. The lowest point, in Zuidplaspolder, is about 6.8 m below sea level.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Netherlands?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 41,543 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Netherlands?

Canada, with 41,651,653 against 18,087,633.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Netherlands?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Netherlands is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Netherlands](https://atoneplace.net/country/netherlands/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]