Comparison of the Benelux countries

Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg form the Benelux

This article is a comparison of the Benelux countries.

## Contents

* 1 Geography
* 2 Politics
* 2.1 Government
* 2.2 International organisation membership
* 3 Economy
* 4 Demographics
* 5 Telecommunication
* 6 See also
* 7 References

## Geography

Country  | Area (km²)  | Land area (km²)  | Water area (km²)

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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

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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

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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

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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 (%)

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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

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Belgium  | .be  | BE  | +32
Netherlands  | .nl, .bq  | NL  | +31, +599
Luxembourg  | .lu  | LU  | +352

## See also

* Comparison of the Baltic states
* Comparison of the Nordic countries

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Europe :: Belgium". CIA The World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/belgium/.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Europe :: Netherlands". CIA The World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/netherlands/.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Europe :: Luxembourg". CIA The World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/luxembourg/.
4. ↑ "Central America and Caribbean :: Aruba". CIA The World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/aruba/.
5. ↑ "Central America and Caribbean :: Curacao". CIA The World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/curacao/.
6. ↑ "Central America and Caribbean :: Sint Maarten". CIA The World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-martin/.

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