Kingdom of the Netherlands

The **Kingdom of the Netherlands** (), commonly called the **Netherlands** is a transcontinental sovereign state made up of four countries who share the same constitutional monarchy.

The member countries share a very high amount of autonomy. Foreign relations and defence are managed by the Constituent Country of the Netherlands.

### Countries

The kingdom was formed in 1954 and is now made up of four countries:

European country:
- 1. Netherlands

Caribbean islands:
- 2. Aruba
- 3. Curaçao
- 4. Sint Maarten

### Special municipalities

The _Caribbean Netherlands_ are special municipalities ('public body') of the Netherlands (see :Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands) and consists of:
- Bonaire
- Saba
- Sint Eustatius

The _Netherlands Antilles_ doesn't exist anymore and were made up of the six above mentioned Caribbean islands.

|scope="col" colspan="2" style="width:15em;"|Country|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"|Population|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"|Percentage of Kingdom's population|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:5em;"|Area|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:9em;"|Percentage of Kingdom's area|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em;"|Population density|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:3em;" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|scope="rowgroup" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"||16,748,205|98.32%|41,854|98.42%|396|style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="4" style="border-top:hidden"||scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|European mainland|16,725,902|98.19%|41,526|97.65%|399|style="text-align:center;"|||||
|scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|†‡|16,541|0.10%|294|0.69%|46|style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|†‡|3,791|0.02%|21|0.05%|137|style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|†‡|1,971|0.01%|13|0.03%|134|style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|†|103,504|0.61%|193|0.45%|555|style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|†|145,406|0.85%|444|1.04%|320|style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|†|37,429|0.22%|34|0.08%|1,101|style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|scope="row" colspan="8" style="background:#fff; text-align:left;"||||||||||||||

Suriname was also part of the Kingdom until it became independent in 1975.

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: Kingdom of the Netherlands
- **common name**: the Netherlands
- **image flag**: Flag of the Netherlands.svg
- **image coat**: Royal Coat of Arms of the Netherlands.svg
- **national motto**:

- **national anthem**:
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- **image map**: Kingdom of the Netherlands (orthographic projection).svg
- **map width**: 220px
- **image map2**: File:KonDerNed-10-10-10.png
- **map caption2**: Map of the four consitituent countries shown to scale
- **capital**: Amsterdam
- **largest city**: capital
- **admin center**: The Hague
- **admin center type**: Government seat
- **official languages**: Dutch language, Dutch
- **languages type**: Official regional languages
- **languages2 type**: Recognised regional languages
- **demonym**: Dutch people, Dutch
- **membership type**: Countries
- **government type**: Semi-Federal monarchy, federal Parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- **leader title1**: Monarchy of the Netherlands, Monarch
- **leader name1**: Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander
- **leader title2**: Prime Minister of the Netherlands#Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Prime Minister
- **leader name2**: Mark Rutte States General of the Netherlands, States General -->
- **sovereignty type**: Independence from Spanish Netherlands
- **established event1**: Dutch Republic
- **established date1**: 26 July 1581
30 January 1648
- **established event2**: Batavian Republic
- **established date2**: 19 January 1795
- **established event3**: Kingdom of Holland
- **established date3**: 5 June 1806
- **established event4**: Annexation by First French Empire
- **established date4**: 1 July 1810
- **established event5**: Constitution of the Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
- **established date5**: 16 March 1815
- **established event6**: Secession of Belgium
- **established date6**: 4 October 1830
19 April 1839
- **established event7**: Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Charter for the Kingdom

- **established date7**: 15 December 1954
- **area km2**: 42,508
- **area rank**: 136th
- **area sq mi**: 16,478
- **percent water**: 18.41
- **population estimate**: 17,610,262
- **population estimate year**: 2017-2018
- **population density km2**: 414
- **population density sq mi**: 1,073
- **time zone**: Central European Time, CET (UTC+1)
Atlantic Standard Time, AST
- **utc offset**: -4
- **utc offset dst**: -4
- **time zone dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST (UTC+2)
Atlantic Standard Time, AST
- **date format**: dd-mm-yyyy
- **drives on**: right
- **iso3166code**: NL