Comparison of the Benelux countries

This article is a comparison of the Benelux countries.

Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg form the Benelux

Geography
Country Area (km²) Land area (km²) Water area (km²)
Belgium [1] 30,528[1] 30,278[1] 250[1]
Netherlands[2] 41,543 [2] 33,893 [2] 7,650[2]
Luxembourg[3] 2,586[3] 2,586 [3] 0[3]

    Politics

    Government
    Country Political systems Power source Power structure
    Belgium [1] Parliamentary system Constitutional monarchy Federal state
    Netherlands [2] Parliamentary system Unitary state
    Luxembourg[3] Parliamentary system
    Aruba[4] Parliamentary system
    Curaçao[5] Parliamentary system
    Sint Maarten[6] Parliamentary system

    International organisation membership
    Country Council of Europe Benelux Union ECHR European Union NATO OECDa United Nations WTO
    Belgium 5 May 1949 Yes Yes 1958 4 April 1949 13 September 1961 27 December 1945 Yes
    Netherlands 5 May 1949 Yes Yes 1958 4 April 1949 13 September 1961 10 December 1945 Yes
    Luxembourg 5 May 1949 Yes Yes 1958 4 April 1949 7 December 1961 24 October 1945 Yes

    a Luxembourg, Netherlands and Belgium were among the founders of the predecessor of the OECD, the OEEC, in 1948

    Economy
    Country GDP total (PPP) GDP per capita (PPP) GDP total (nominal) GDP per capita (nominal) Gini HDI
    Belgium $494.620 billion $43,629 $458.651 billion $40,456 26.3 0.890
    Netherlands $856.265 billion $50,339 $762.521 billion $44,828 26.2 0.92
    Luxembourg $58.234 billion $100,991 $60.176 billion $104,359 28.7 0.892

    Demographics
    Country Population Density (per km²) Immigration (%)
    Belgium 11,250,585 363.6 2.9
    Netherlands 17,000,059 407.8 11.1
    Luxembourg 562,958 194.1 44.5

    Telecommunication
    Country Internet TLD ISO 3166 code Calling code
    Belgium .be BE +32
    Netherlands .nl, .bq NL +31, +599
    Luxembourg .lu LU +352

    See also

    References
    1. "Europe :: Belgium". CIA The World Factbook.
    2. "Europe :: Netherlands". CIA The World Factbook.
    3. "Europe :: Luxembourg". CIA The World Factbook.
    4. "Central America and Caribbean :: Aruba". CIA The World Factbook.
    5. "Central America and Caribbean :: Curacao". CIA The World Factbook.
    6. "Central America and Caribbean :: Sint Maarten". CIA The World Factbook.
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