Benelux
Countries

Benelux

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Kingdom of Belgium	Kingdom of the Netherlands	Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Flag	Belgium	Netherlands	Luxembourg

Coat of arms	Belgium	Netherlands	Luxembourg

Official local name	Koninkrijk België Royaume de Belgique Königreich Belgien	Koninkrijk der Nederlanden	Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Großherzogtum Luxemburg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

Common name	Belgium	Netherlands	Luxembourg

Population (2016)	11,358,379	17,203,616	575,747

Area	30,528 km2	41,543 km2	2,586.4 km2

Population density	363.6/km2	407.8/km2	194.1/km2

Capital city	Brussels	Amsterdam	Luxembourg City

Largest urban areas	Brussels : 2,120,000 Antwerp : 1,200,000 Liège : 749,110 Ghent : 594,582 Charleroi : 522,522	Amsterdam : 2,431,000 Rotterdam : 1,181,284 The Hague : 1,054,793 Utrecht : 656,342 Haarlem : 424.601	Luxembourg City : 180,000 Esch-sur-Alzette : 33,939 Differdange : 24,805 Dudelange : 20,003 Ettelbruck : 8,544

Form of government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Current heads of state and government	Philippe (Monarch) Charles Michel (Prime Minister)	Willem-Alexander (Monarch) Mark Rutte (Prime Minister)	Henri (Monarch) Xavier Bettel (Prime Minister)

Official languages	Dutch, French, German	Dutch Regional: West Frisian, Papiamento, English	Luxembourgish, French, German

Main religions	58% Roman Catholic 16% Other Christian 5% Islam 2% Other religion	49.2% Non-Religious 24.4% Roman Catholic 15.8% Protestant 4.9% Islam	68% Roman Catholic 3% Protestant 3% Other Christian 2% Islam

GDP (nominal)	$454.687 billion	$738.419 billion	$57.423 billion

GDP (nominal) per capita	$40,107	$43,603	$101,994

GDP (PPP)	$494.121 billion	$832.623 billion	$55.730 billion

GDP (PPP) per capita	$43,585	$49,166	$98,987

Real GDP growth rate	1.30 %	1.80 %	4.40 %

Currency	Euro	Euro US dollar	Euro

Military personnel	37,500	46,500	1,510

Labour force	5,279,000	7,884,000	265,800

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The name Benelux is formed from joining the first two or three letters of each country's name – Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg.

final_sentence: The name Benelux is formed from joining the first two or three letters of each country's name – Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg.