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.

 Member states 

 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.

+  Country Population Percentage ofKingdom's population Area Percentage ofKingdom's area Population density      16,748,205  98.32%  41,854  98.42%    396      European mainland 16,725,902  98.19%  41,526  97.65%    399 Central Bureau of Statistics (Netherlands)  †‡     16,541   0.10%     294   0.69%     46 Central Bureau of Statistics (Caribbean Netherlands)  †‡      3,791   0.02%      21   0.05%    137   †‡      1,971   0.01%      13   0.03%    134   †    103,504   0.61%     193   0.45%    555 Central Bureau of Statistics  (Aruba)  †    145,406   0.85%     444   1.04%    320 Central Bureau of Statistics  (Curaçao)  †     37,429   0.22%      34   0.08%  1,101 Department of Statistics  (Sint Maarten)  17,034,544 100.00% 42,525 100.00% 397   

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

 Notes 

 References 


Category:Dutch-speaking countries