The Netherlands

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Codes and identifiers

ISO alpha-2
NL
ISO alpha-3
NLD
ISO numeric
528
FIPS 10-4
NL
GeoNames ID
2750405

Key facts

Capital
Amsterdam
Area
41,526 km²
Population
17,231,017
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Calling code
+31
Top-level domain
.nl
Official languages
nl-NL,fy-NL

Continent

Name
Europe
Code
EU
In this dataset
54 countries

Europe in the country atlas

Location

Latitude
52.25
Longitude
5.75
Min latitude
12.022040106000077
Min longitude
-68.41738847599993
Max latitude
53.55809153900003
Max longitude
7.198505900000043

Boundary

The Netherlands

The API call behind this page

Request

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/NL?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"

Response

{
  "data": {
    "area_sq_km": 41526,
    "capital": "Amsterdam",
    "continent_code": "EU",
    "currency_code": "EUR",
    "iso3_code": "NLD",
    "iso_code": "NL",
    "name": "The Netherlands",
    "population": 17231017
  }
}

Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.

Other endpoints for this country

  • /v1/countries/NL/regions
  • /v1/cities?country=NL
  • /v1/postal-codes?country=NL
  • /v1/timezones?country=NL
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Name in other languages

Arabic
هولندا
Chinese
荷兰
English
The Netherlands
French
Pays-Bas
German
Niederlande
Hindi
नीदरलैंड
Italian
Paesi Bassi
Japanese
オランダ
Korean
네덜란드
Portuguese
Países Baixos
Russian
Нидерланды
Spanish
Holanda
Total language variants
159

The API returns any of them with ?lang=.

Time zones

IANA ID UTC offset DST offset
Europe/Amsterdam UTC+01:00 UTC+02:00

Postal code format

Format
#### @@
Pattern
^(\d{4}\s?[a-zA-Z]{2})$

First-level administrative regions

  • Provincie Zuid-Holland
  • Provincie Noord-Holland
  • Provincie Noord-Brabant
  • Provincie Gelderland
  • Provincie Utrecht
  • Provincie Overijssel
  • Provincie Limburg
  • Provincie Friesland
  • Provincie Groningen
  • Provincie Drenthe
  • Provincie Flevoland
  • Provincie Zeeland

12 of 12 shown, largest first

Largest cities

City Population
Rotterdam 868,135
Amsterdam 741,636
The Hague 474,292
Utrecht 376,435
Groningen 244,807
Eindhoven 235,691
Tilburg 221,947
Breda 184,126
Nijmegen 177,359
Almere Stad 176,432

Coverage in this dataset

Cities
7,805
First-level regions
12
Postal codes
4,334
Name languages
159
Boundary polygon
Yes

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