16,645,313 (2008)

33,883 sq. km.

Amsterdam (official; pop. 724,096; 2005) and The Hague (administrative; pop. 445,279; 2005)

In 2006, Netherlands ranked 11th in the UNDP Human Development Index and 16th in total GDP, with a per capita GDP of $40,167.13. Public debt accounts for 45.5 percent of total GDP, while 10.5 percent of Dutch are beneath the poverty line.

Dutch

Aap (Ah-p)

Over half of the land area of the Netherlands is below sea level.