|common_name = the Netherlands
|image_flag = Flag of the Netherlands.svg
|image_coat = State coat of arms of the Netherlands.svg
|image_map = EU-Netherlands.svg
|map_width = 250px
|map_caption = {{map caption |countryprefix=the |country=<nowiki>European Netherlands</nowiki> |location_color=dark green |region=Europe |region_color=dark grey |subregion=the [[European Union]] |subregion_color=green}}
|image_map2 = BES islands location map.svg
|map2_width = 250px
|map_caption2 = {{map caption |countryprefix=the |country= [[Caribbean Netherlands|Dutch special municipalities]] |location_color=green}}
|national_motto = {{native phrase|fr|"Je maintiendrai"|italics=off}}<br /><!--
 -->{{native phrase|nl|"Ik zal handhaven"|italics=off}}<br /><!--
 -->{{small|"I will uphauld"}}{{ref label|aaa|a}}
|national_anthem = {{native name|nl|"[[Wilhelmus]]"|nolink=yes|italics=off}}<br />{{small|"'William"}}<br /><center></center>
|capital = [[Amsterdam]]<!--Do not change this without broad consensus-->{{ref label|bbb|b}}
|largest_city = capital
|coordinates = {{Coord|52|22|N|4|53|E|type:city}}
|official_languages = &#8203;<!--NOTE: Blank character entity to display "Official languages".-->
|languages_type = {{ubl|&nbsp;• Naitional|&nbsp;• Regional}}
|languages = {{ubl|[[Dutch leid|Dutch]]|[[Wast Frisie leid|Wast Frisie]], [[Inglis leid|Inglis]], [[Papiamento]]{{ref label|ccc|c}}}}
|languages_sub = yes
|languages2_type = Recognised<br />regional leids
|languages2 = [[Limburgish leid|Limburgish]], [[Dutch Law Saxon]]{{ref label|ccc|c}}
|ethnic_groups =
 {{unbulleted list
  | 78.3% [[Dutch fowk|Dutch]]
  | 5.9% ither [[European Union|EU]]
  | 2.3% [[Turks in the Netherlands|Turks]]
  | 2.2% [[Dutch-Moroccans|Moroccans]]
  | 2.1% [[Owerseas Indonesian|Indonesians]]
  | 2.0% [[Surinamese fowk in the Netherlands|Surinamese]]
  | 0.8% [[Caribbean Netherlands|Caribbean]]
  | 6.4% ithers
}}
|ethnic_groups_year = 2015<ref>[http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37325&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=a&D6=l&VW=T Official CBS website containing all Dutch demographic statistics]. Cbs.nl. Retrieved on 30 October 2014.</ref>
|demonym = Dutch
|government_type = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Pairlamentary seestem|pairlamentary]] [[constitutional monarchy]]
|leader_title1 = [[Monarchy o the Netherlands|Monarch]]
|leader_name1 = [[Willem-Alexander o the Netherlands|Willem-Alexander]]
|leader_title2 = [[Prime Meenister o the Netherlands|Prime Meenister]]
|leader_name2 = [[{{#property:P6}}]]
|membership_type = Sovereign state
|membership = {{flag|Kinrick o the Netherlands}}
|legislature = [[States General o the Netherlands|States General]]
|upper_house = [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]]
|lower_house = [[Hoose o Representatives (Netherlands)|Hoose o Representatives]]
|area_rank = 134t
|area_magnitude = 1 E10
|area_km2 = 41,543
|area_sq_mi = 16,033 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
|percent_water = 18.41
|population_estimate = 17,000,059<ref name="pop-cbs">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/bevolking/cijfers/extra/bevolkingsteller.htm |title=Population counter |work=Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek |date=2016 |accessdate= 21 March 2016}}</ref>
|population_estimate_year = 2016
|population_estimate_rank = 65th
|population_census =
|population_census_year =
|population_density_km2 = {{#expr:{{Data Netherlands|poptoday}} / 41526 round 1}}
|population_density_sq_mi = {{#expr:{{Data Netherlands|poptoday}} / 16033 round 1}}
|population_density_rank = 30t
|GDP_PPP_year = 2016
|GDP_PPP = $856.265 billion<ref name=imf2>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=65&pr.y=9&sy=2014&ey=2021&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=subject&ds=.&br=1&c=122%2C941%2C124%2C946%2C423%2C137%2C939%2C181%2C172%2C138%2C132%2C182%2C134%2C936%2C174%2C961%2C178%2C184%2C136&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a=|title=Netherlands |publisher=International Monetary Fund |accessdate=April 2016}}</ref>
|GDP_PPP_rank = 17th
|GDP_PPP_per_capita = $50,339
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 15t
|GDP_nominal = $762.521 billion<ref name=imf2/>
|GDP_nominal_rank = 17t
|GDP_nominal_year = 2016
|GDP_nominal_per_capita = $44,828
|GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 15t
|sovereignty_type = Unthirldom {{nobold|frae [[Spaingie Empire]]}}
|established_event1 = [[Act o Abjuration|Proclaimed]]
|established_date1 = 26 Julie 1581
|established_event2 = [[Peace o Münster|Recognised]]
|established_date2 = 30 Januar 1648
|established_event3 = Kinrick established
|established_date3 = 16 Mairch 1815
|established_event4 = [[Chairter for the Kinrick o the Netherlands|Constituent kintra]]
|established_date4 = 15 December 1954
|Gini_year = 2014
|Gini_change =  <!--increase/decrease/steady-->increase
|Gini = 26.2 <!--number only-->
|Gini_ref = <ref name=eurogini>{{cite web|title=Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income (source: SILC)|url=http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=ilc_di12|publisher=Eurostat Data Explorer|accessdate=4 December 2015}}</ref>
|Gini_rank = 9t
|HDI_year = 2014<!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year-->
|HDI_change = increase <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
|HDI = 0.922 <!--number only-->
|HDI_ref = <ref name="HDI">{{cite web |url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr_2015_statistical_annex.pdf|title=2015 Human Development Report  |date=2015 |accessdate=14 December 2015 |publisher=United Nations Development Programme }}</ref>
|HDI_rank = 5t
|currency = {{unbulleted list |[[Euro]] ([[ISO 4217|EUR]]) |{{nowrap|[[Unitit States dollar|US dollar]] (USD) <small>([[Caribbean Netherlands|Caribbean<br />Netherlands]] only)</small>{{ref label|ddd|d}}}}}}
|country_code = [[NLD]]
|time_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[UTC]]+1){{ref label|eee|e}}<br />[[Atlantic Staundart Time|AST]]
|utc_offset =-4
|time_zone_DST = [[Central European Simmer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC]]+2)<br />[[Atlantic Staundart Time|AST]]
|utc_offset_DST =-4
|drives_on = right
|calling_code = {{unbulleted list |[[Telephone nummers in the Netherlands|+31]] |[[Telephone nummers in Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands|+599]]{{ref label|fff|f}}}}
|iso3166code = NL
|date_format = dd-mm-yyyy
|cctld = [[.nl]], [[.bq]]{{ref label|ggg|g}}
| footnote_a = {{note|aaa}} The offeecial motto is in French. The leeteral translation intae Scots is "I will maintain"; a better translation, houever, is "I will hauld firm" or "I will uphauld" (namely, the integrity an unthirldom o the territory).{{or|date=Januar 2013}}
| footnote_b = {{note|bbb}} While [[Amsterdam]] is the constitutional caipital, [[The Hague]] is the seat o the govrenment.
| footnote_c = {{note|ccc}} [[Wast Frisie leid|Wast Frisie]] ([[Friesland]]),<big><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0002219/tekst_bevat_Fries/geldigheidsdatum_25-10-2010 |title=Wet gebruik Friese taal in het rechtsverkeer |publisher=wetten.nl |accessdate=25 October 2010 |language=Dutch}}</ref></big> [[Papiamento]] ([[Bonaire]])<big><ref name=languages>{{cite web|url=http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0028063/tekst_bevat_taal%2Bin%2Bhet%2Bbestuurlijk%2Bverkeer/geldigheidsdatum_01-01-2011 |title=Invoeringswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba |language=Dutch |publisher=wetten.nl |accessdate=1 January 2011}}</ref></big> an Inglis ([[Sint Eustatius]] an [[Saba]])<big><ref name=languages/></big> hae a formal status in certain parts o the kintra. [[Dutch Law Saxon]] an [[Limburgish leid|Limburgish]] are recognised as [[European Chairter for Regional or Minority Leids|regional leids]] bi the European Chairter for Regional or Minority Leids.
| footnote_d = {{note|ddd}} The euro is uised in the [[European Netherlands]] an replaced the [[Dutch guilder]] in 2002. The US dollar is used in the [[Caribbean Netherlands]] an replaced the [[Netherlands Antillean guilder]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0028551 |title=Wet geldstelsel BES |publisher=Dutch government |date=30 September 2010 |accessdate=11 January 2014}}</ref>
| footnote_e = {{note|eee}} CET an CEST are uised in the European Netherlands, an AST is uised in the Caribbean Netherlands.
| footnote_f = {{note|fff}} 599 wis the kintra code designatit for the nou dissolved [[Netherlands Antilles]]. The Caribbean Netherlands still uise 599–7 (Bonaire), 599–3 (Sint Eustatius) an 599–4 (Saba).
| footnote_g = {{note|ggg}} [[.nl]] is the common internet tap level domain name for the Netherlands. The [[.eu]] domain is an aa used, as it is shared wi ither [[European Union]] member states. [[.bq]] is designatit, but nae in uise, for the [[Caribbean Netherlands]].}}
'''The Netherlands''' ([[Dutch leid|Dutch]]: ''Nederland'') is pairt o the '''Kinrick o the Netherlands''' ([[Dutch leid|Dutch]]: ''Koninkrijk der Nederlanden'') alang wi the [[Aruba]], [[Curaçao]], an [[Sint Martin]]. It is locate in North-Wastren [[Europe]] an is laund mairched wi [[Germany]] an [[Belgium]]. It haes a coast line alang the [[German Ocean]].