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title: "Netherlands vs United States — area, population, currency"
description: "Netherlands is 41,543 km² with 18,087,633 people; United States is 9,833,517 km² with 341,784,857. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/netherlands-vs-united-states/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Netherlands vs United States

**Netherlands vs United States: United States is larger; United States has more people**

41,543 km² vs 9,833,517 km² · 18,087,633 vs 341,784,857

United States is 237 times larger than Netherlands — 9,833,517 against 41,543 km². United States is 19 times more populous than Netherlands — 341,784,857 against 18,087,633 people.

## Side by side

|  | Netherlands | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Amsterdam | Washington, D.C. |
| Area | 41,543 km² | 9,833,517 km² |
| Population | 18,087,633 (2025) | 341,784,857 (2025) |
| Density | 435.4 /km² | 34.8 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | United States dollar (USD) |
| Official languages | Dutch | English |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC-10:00, UTC-09:00, UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +31 | +1 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | North America |
| ISO codes | NL / NLD | US / USA |

## Population density

Netherlands is 13 times more densely populated than United States — 435 against 35 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 Euro and the United States dollar.
- United States spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Europe and North America.

## 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.

## United States

Third or fourth largest country in the world depending on how China's area is counted. It spans six standard time zones across the fifty states, from UTC-10 in Hawaii to UTC-5 on the east coast. Death Valley holds the highest reliably recorded air temperature on Earth, 56.7 °C in 1913, and is 86 m below sea level; Denali, 5,500 km away in Alaska, is 6,190 m.

> 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 Netherlands bigger than United States?

United States is larger — 9,833,517 km² against 41,543 km².

### Which has more people, Netherlands or United States?

United States, with 341,784,857 against 18,087,633.

### What is the time difference between Netherlands and United States?

Netherlands is UTC+01:00 and United States is UTC-10:00, UTC-09:00, UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00. 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]