Facts and Figures

Full name: Netherlands

Nationality
        noun: Dutch

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Area
        total: 41,526 sq km
        land: 33,883 sq km
        water: 7,643 sq km

Population: 16,407,491 (July 2005 est.)

Ethnic groups
        Dutch 83%, 
        other 17% (of which 9% are non-Western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese, and Indonesians) (1999 est.)

Capital: Amsterdam, population 740,000

Largest Cities 
        Rotterdam - 600,000
        Eindhoven - 200,000
        Groningen - 175,000

Official Language 
        Dutch (official)
        Frisian (official)

Religion
        Roman Catholic 31%,
        Protestant 21%,
        Muslim 4.4%,
        other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40% (1998)

Political system 
        Monarchy
        Constitutional democracy

GDP: purchasing power parity - $481.1 billion (2004 est.)

GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $29,500 (2004 est.)

Annual growth: 1.2% (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector
        agriculture: 2.4%
        industry: 24.5%
        services: 73.1% (2004 est.)

Inflation: 1.4% (2004 est.)

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