The CIA World Factbook Every edition, 1990 to 2025 Europe
Country name Netherlands, in 35 editions.
The entry for Netherlands published Country name in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 11 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 11
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Long-form name” (1990 to 1992), “Names” (1993 to 1995), “Name of country” (1996) and “Country name” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 3 editions, 1990 to 1992.
Published as “Long-form name”
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- conventional short form:
- Netherlands
- local long form:
- Koninkrijk de Nederlanden
- local short form:
- Nederland
conventional long form:
Kingdom of the Netherlands
conventional short form:
Netherlands
local long form:
Koninkrijk de Nederlanden
local short form:
Nederland
The entry for Netherlands did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- conventional short form:
- Netherlands
- local long form:
- Koninkrijk de Nederlanden
- local short form:
- Nederland
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- conventional short form:
- Netherlands
- local long form:
- Koninkrijk de Nederlanden
- local short form:
- Nederland
conventional long form: Kingdom of the Netherlands
conventional short form: Netherlands
local long form: Koninkrijk de Nederlanden
local short form: Nederland
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- conventional short form :
- Netherlands
- local long form:
- Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
- local short form:
- Nederland
conventional long form: Kingdom of the Netherlands
conventional short form: form : Netherlands
local long form: Koninkrijk de der Nederlanden
local short form: Nederland
The same text in 3 editions, 1998 to 2000.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- conventional short form:
- Netherlands
- local long form:
- Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
- local short form:
- Nederland
conventional long form: Kingdom of the Netherlands
conventional short form : form: Netherlands
local long form: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
local short form: Nederland
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of the Netherlands conventional short form: Netherlands local long form: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden local short form: Nederland
conventional long form: Kingdom of the Netherlands
The same text in 7 editions, 2002 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- conventional short form:
- Netherlands
- local long form:
- Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
- local short form:
- Nederland
conventional long form: Kingdom of the Netherlands
conventional short form: Netherlands
local long form: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
local short form: Nederland
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- conventional short form:
- Netherlands
- local long form:
- Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
- local short form:
- Nederland
conventional long form:
Kingdom of the Netherlands
conventional short form:
Netherlands
local long form:
Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
local short form:
Nederland
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- conventional short form:
- Netherlands
- local long form:
- Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
- local short form:
- Nederland
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
The same text in 2016 and 2017.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- conventional short form:
- Netherlands
- local long form:
- Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
- local short form:
- Nederland
- etymology:
- the country name literally means "the lowlands" and refers to the geographic features of the land being both flat and down river from higher areas (i.e., at the estuaries of the Scheldt, Meuse, and Rhine Rivers; only about half of the Netherlands is more than 1 meter above sea level)
Rewritten: too little of the 2015 text remains to mark the changes.
conventional long form: Kingdom of the Netherlands
conventional short form: Netherlands
local long form: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
local short form: Nederland
etymology: the country name literally means "the lowlands" and refers to the geographic features of the land being both flat and down river from higher areas (i.e., at the estuaries of the Scheldt, Meuse, and Rhine Rivers; only about half of the Netherlands is more than 1 meter above sea level)
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- conventional short form:
- Netherlands
- local long form:
- Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
- local short form:
- Nederland
- abbreviation:
- NL
- etymology:
- the country name literally means "the lowlands" and refers to the geographic features of the land being both flat and down river from higher areas (i.e., at the estuaries of the Scheldt, Meuse, and Rhine Rivers; only about half of the Netherlands is more than 1 meter above sea level)
conventional long form: Kingdom of the Netherlands
conventional short form: Netherlands
local long form: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
local short form: Nederland
abbreviation: NL
etymology: the country name literally means "the lowlands" and refers to the geographic features of the land being both flat and down river from higher areas (i.e., at the estuaries of the Scheldt, Meuse, and Rhine Rivers; only about half of the Netherlands is more than 1 meter above sea level)
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- conventional short form:
- Netherlands
- local long form:
- Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
- local short form:
- Nederland
- abbreviation:
- NL
- etymology:
- the English name is derived from the country's Dutch name, which means "the lowlands" and describes the geographic area;
- only about half the Netherlands is more than 1 meter (3.3 ft) above sea level
conventional long form: Kingdom of the Netherlands
conventional short form: Netherlands
local long form: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
local short form: Nederland
abbreviation: NL
etymology: the country English name literally is derived from the country's Dutch name, which means "the lowlands" and refers to describes the geographic features of the land being both flat and down river from higher areas (i.e., at the estuaries of the Scheldt, Meuse, and Rhine Rivers; area; only about half of the Netherlands is more than 1 meter (3.3 ft) above sea level) level
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Netherlands: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/netherlands/country-name.