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title: "Netherlands — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Netherlands: capital Amsterdam, area 41,543 km², population 18,087,633 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/netherlands/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Netherlands

**Netherlands: Capital Amsterdam**

41,543 km² · 18,087,633 people (2025) · Euro

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.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Amsterdam
- **Area:** 41,543 km² — 16,040 sq mi
- **Population:** 18,087,633 (2025)
- **Density:** 435.4 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official language:** Dutch
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +31
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** NL · NLD
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 132 of 200
- **By population:** 72 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Estonia | 45,228 | 1,366,475 |
| Denmark | 43,094 | 6,009,169 |
| Netherlands ← | 41,543 | 18,087,633 |
| Switzerland | 41,277 | 9,092,436 |
| Bhutan | 38,394 | 796,682 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Netherlands?

Amsterdam

### What currency does Netherlands use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is Netherlands?

41,543 km², or 16,040 square miles — 132 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Netherlands drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Estonia](https://atoneplace.net/country/estonia/)
- [Denmark](https://atoneplace.net/country/denmark/)
- [Switzerland](https://atoneplace.net/country/switzerland/)
- [Bhutan](https://atoneplace.net/country/bhutan/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## 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]