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GeographyLocation: Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,027 km, Belgium 450 km, Germany 577 km Coastline: 451 km
PeoplePopulation: 15,452,903 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.52% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 12.42 births/1,000 population Death rate: 8.48 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 1.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.56 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Dutch 96%, Moroccans, Turks, and other 4% (1988) Religions: Roman Catholic 34%, Protestant 25%, Muslim 3%, other 2%, unaffiliated36% (1991) Languages: Dutch
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1979 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: constitutional monarchy Capital: Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government Independence: 1579 (from Spain) Constitution: 17 February 1983
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $275.8 billion National product real growth rate: 2% National product per capita: $17,940 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5% Unemployment rate: 8.8%
Electricity:
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