Netherlands: all about this country and its main places!

General information

Culture

Well known national dishes are: Stamppot, hutspot. You can find some UNESCO listed places: Schokland and Surroundings, Defence Line of Amsterdam, Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout, Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao, Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station).

Population

In this country, the median age is 42.80 years and the birth growth rate is around 0.36%. Around 17,056,600 people live in this country, or 0.229% of all people on earth.

Economy

The GDP in 2021 was $1,012,846,760,976 USD, making it the 17# country in the world. The currency symbol is €, and the ISO code for that currency is EUR. In this country, a Big Mac is sold at 4.50€ (corresponding to $4.61 USD).

Education

This country offers several reputable universities like Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Groningen. The inhabitants attend school for 19 years (tertiary education included).

Geography

The country has a 41,850 km² area, they use a postcode system and the primary cities are: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, 'S-Gravenhage, Utrecht, Eindhoven. The following languages are spoken by the nation's citizens: Dutch. Amsterdam serves as this nation's capital and the country shares a border with Belgium, Germany.

Good to know

The country's ISO code is NL, telephone numbers begin with +31, the country's websites have the domain name ".nl" Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands for more information about this nation.

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