Kingdom of The Netherlands - Countries

Countries

The Kingdom of the Netherlands currently consists of four constituent countries that form part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on a basis of equality. Note that there is a difference between the "Kingdom of the Netherlands" and the "Netherlands": the Kingdom of the Netherlands is the comprehensive sovereign state and the Netherlands is only one of its four countries. Three of the six Dutch Caribbean islands (Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten) each form one of the three remaining constituent countries, while the others (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba) are actually part of the country of the Netherlands and are collectively known as the Caribbean Netherlands.

Constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Country Population
 Percentage of
Kingdom population		 Area
 Percentage of
Kingdom area		 Population density
Aruba 103,504 0.61% 193 0.45% 555
Curaçao 145,406 0.85% 444 1.04% 320
Netherlands 16,748,205 98.32% 41,854 98.42% 396
– European Netherlands 16,725,902 98.19% 41,526 97.65% 399
– Bonaire 16,541 0.10% 294 0.69% 46
– Saba 1,971 0.01% 13 0.03% 134
– Sint Eustatius 3,791 0.02% 21 0.05% 137
Sint Maarten 37,429 0.22% 34 0.08% 1,101
Kingdom of the Netherlands 17,034,544 100.00% 42,525 100.00% 397

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