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The Netherlands Fast Facts
GDP (PPP)	US$497.9 billion
GDP per capita (PPP)	US$30,300
GDP real growth rate	1.5%
Inflation	1.7%
Local currency	Euro ()
Exchange rate	0.782119 EUR : 1 US$ (Nov 2006)
Capital city	Amsterdam
Population	16,491,461 (July 2006 est.)
Ethnic groups	Dutch 83%, other 17% (of which 9% are non-Western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese, and Indonesians) (1999 est.)
Language	Dutch (official), Frisian (official)
Religion	Roman Catholic 31%, Dutch Reformed 13%, Calvinist 7%, Muslim 5.5%, other 2.5%, none 41% (2002)
Area size	41,526 sq. kilometres
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