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ISLAND DIRECTORY
Netherlands [152]
(Independent )
LAND AREA: 41473 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
| >17,000 |
>10,000 |
>1,000 |
>100 |
>10 |
>1 |
<1 |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION: 15517000 (1996)
DENSITY: 374 persons/sq. km GROWTH RATE: 0%/year
POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 1%
URBAN POP: 89% (1994), versus 85% (1960), Annual Growth: 0.7%
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 77.3 years, ADULT LITERACY: 99.0%
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.940
ECONOMY
GNP: US$338.0 billion, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 1.9%, Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 1.7%
GDP/Capita: $16861 GDP/Capita PPP: $19238
GDP/Capita: 1960 $7943, 1970 $11464, 1980 $14072, 1990 $16273
ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
TOTAL FOREST AREA: 334,000 ha, 9.8% of land area, 0.0 ha/capita
ARABLE LAND: 24.3% of land area
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION INTEREST:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 5.8,000 cu.m/cap/year
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
REFERENCES:
Last updated 11/02/98
Islands of Netherlands
Terschelling (Netherlands)
Texel (Netherlands)
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