Title: Germany–Netherlands relations - Wikipedia
Headings: Germany–Netherlands relations
Germany–Netherlands relations
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Contents
History
Present
Emigration
Country comparison
Embassies
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Content: Both nations are members of the European Union and NATO . According to the official website of the Dutch government, relations between the two are currently "excellent", enjoying "close political, economic, social, cultural, administrative and personal ties". Germany is also by far the Netherlands’ main trading partner, both in imports and exports. Emigration
As of 2017
[update]
, around 164,000 people with a Dutch migration background resided in Germany. Country comparison

Germany
Netherlands
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Population
82,800,000
17,237,700
Area
357,168 km 2 (137,847 sq mi)
41,543 km 2 (16,033 sq mi)
Population density
232/km 2 (601/sq mi)
415.1/km 2 (1,075.1/sq mi)
Capital
Berlin
Amsterdam (capital), The Hague (seat of government)
Largest city
Berlin – 3,690,000 (6,004,857 Metro)
Amsterdam – 851,573 (2,431,000 Metro)
Government
Federal parliamentary republic
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
First Leader
Konrad Adenauer
William I of the Netherlands (monarch), Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (prime minister)
Current Leader
Angela Merkel
Willem-Alexander (monarch), Mark Rutte (prime minister)
Official languages
German ( de facto and de jure )
Dutch
Main religions
57.9% Christianity, 36.2% non-religious, 4.9% Islam, 1.0% other
50.1% unaffiliated, 23.7% Roman Catholic, 6.5% Dutch Reformed Church, 5.7% Protestant Church in the Netherlands, 3.3% Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, 4.9% Islam, 4.6% other, 0.6% Hinduism, 0.4% Buddhism, 0.1% Judaism
Ethnic groups
81.3% German, 3.4% Turkish, 2.3% Polish, 1.5% Russian, 11.5% other
79.3% Dutch, 6.3% other European, 4.9% Indo, 2.4% Turkish, 2.2% Moroccan-Dutch, 2.1% Surinamese, 0.9% Caribbean, 0.3% Chinese, 0.3% Iraqi, 3.9% other
GDP (nominal)
$3.65 trillion
$945.327 billion
Embassies
The Embassy of Germany is located in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Embassy of the Netherlands is located in Berlin, Germany . See also
Germany–Netherlands border
Germany–Netherlands football rivalry
Germans in the Netherlands
Dutchs in Germany
References
^ Ambassadeur (in Dutch), Embassy of Germany, The Hague. Retrieved 30 December 2015. ^ Ambassadeur Archived 2013-02-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch), Embassy of the Netherlands, Berlin. Retrieved 30 December 2015.