Netherlands

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Netherlands
Misc
Country CodeNL
Geography
Area (sq km)41,543
Coastline (km)451
Highest Point (m)862 (Mount Scenery (on the island of Saba in the Caribbean, now considered an integral part of the Netherlands following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles))
Average Elevation (m)30
People
Population17,151,228
Median Age42.70
Growth Rate0.38 %
Birth Rate (Births a year per 1,000 people)10.90
Death Rate (Deaths a year per 1,000 people)9.00
Urban Population91.50 %
Health
Mothers age at first birth29.60
Maternal mortality rate (Deaths per 100,000 live births)7.00
Infant mortality rate (Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births)3.50
Health expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)10.90 %
Physicians (per 1,000 people)3.51
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)4.70
Adult obesity (Percentage of population with BMI > 30)20.40 %
Education
Education expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)5.40 %
School life (years)18
Youth unemployment (% of 15 to 24 years old unemployed)8.90 %
Economy
GDP (Gross Domestic Product in US $)924.400 billion
Growth Rate (Real growth rate of GDP)2.90 %
GDP per capita (Gross Domestic Product per person, in US $)53,900
Gross National Saving (National saving as a percent of GDP)31.20 %

See Also

Europe
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Western Europe
Western Europe is the region comprising the western part of Europe.