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Geography

Location: Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany

Area:
total area: 37,330 sq km
land area: 33,920 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey

Land boundaries: total 1,027 km, Belgium 450 km, Germany 577 km

Coastline: 451 km


People

Population: 15,452,903 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 18% (female 1,382,057; male 1,445,451)
15-64 years: 68% (female 5,184,224; male 5,369,018)
65 years and over: 14% (female 1,238,336; male 833,817)

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 population: 77.95 years
male: 74.9 years
female: 81.17 years

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.)
total population: 99%
male:
female:


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Kingdom of the Netherlands
conventional short form: Netherlands

Type: constitutional monarchy

Capital: Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government

Independence: 1579 (from Spain)

Constitution: 17 February 1983


Economy

National 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:
capacity: 17,520,000 kW
production: 72.4 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 5,100 kWh



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