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title: "France vs Netherlands — area, population, currency"
description: "France is 643,801 km² with 68,720,337 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/france-vs-netherlands/
site: "At One Place"
---

# France vs Netherlands

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

643,801 km² vs 41,543 km² · 68,720,337 vs 18,087,633

France is 15 times larger than Netherlands — 643,801 against 41,543 km². France is 3.8 times more populous than Netherlands — 68,720,337 against 18,087,633 people.

## Side by side

|  | France | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Paris | Amsterdam |
| Area | 643,801 km² | 41,543 km² |
| Population | 68,720,337 (2025) | 18,087,633 (2025) |
| Density | 106.7 /km² | 435.4 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | French | Dutch |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +33 | +31 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | FR / FRA | NL / NLD |

## Population density

Netherlands is 4.1 times more densely populated than France — 435 against 107 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.

## France

Mont Blanc on the Italian border is 4,806 m, the highest point in western Europe. Counting its overseas departments, France spans twelve time zones — more than any other country — and its exclusive economic zone is the second largest in the world. The Gouffre Mirolda and other Alpine systems make it one of the great caving countries.

## 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 France bigger than Netherlands?

France is larger — 643,801 km² against 41,543 km².

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

France, with 68,720,337 against 18,087,633.

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

France is UTC+01:00 and Netherlands is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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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]