Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy

Queen Beatrix

12 provinces; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland.

Aruba, Netherlands Antilles

Euro

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

Amsterdam

Amsterdam: 755.605 inhabitants
Rotterdam: 587.134 inhabitants
The Hague: 481.864 inhabitants
Utrecht: 299.891 inhabitants

Total: 41,526 square kilometres
Land: 33,883 square kilometres
Water: 7,643 square kilometres

Total: 1,027 kilometres
Belgium: 450 kilometres, Germany: 577 kilometres

451 kilometres

Temperate; maritime; cool summers and mild winters

Mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land (polders)

Lowest point: Zuidvlaspolder - 7m below sea level
Highest point: Vaalserberg - 322m above sea level

Natural gas; petroleum; peat; limestone; salt; sand and gravel; arable land

16,577.612 (September 2010)

0  - 20 years: 23.7

20 - 45 years: 25.3
45 - 65 years: 35.7

65- 80 years : 11.4

80-years and over: 3.9

5,6 (91.825) (2009)

Dutch: 80%, other: 20% (of which 11% are non-Western origin; mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese and Indonesians (2008)

Roman Catholic: 28%, Protestant: 19%,  Muslim: 6%, other: 4%, none: 43% (2007)

Dutch (official), Frisian (official)

Economy

656,170 billion US dollars (2009)

Purchasing power parity: 
40,852 US Dollars (2009)

1,3 % (2005-2009)

8,440 million (2009)

449.000 (5,7%) (July 2010)

0,8 % (2005-2009)

1.6 (2005-2009)

2.0% (2005-2009)

Exports: 309,834 billion euros (2009) (goods)
Imports: 275,930 billion euros (2009) (goods)

Machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs

Machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs, clothing

Germany 24,1%; Belgium 11%; France 8,9%; UK 8,5%; Italy 5,2%; US 4,5% (2009)

Germany: 19,8%; Belgium: 9,9%; US: 8,5%; China: 7,6%; UK: 6,1%; France: 5% (2009)