THE WORLD ATLAS

Group of realms · since 1811

Netherlands

Netherlands brings together several realms, from 1811 to today. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1924, its lands covered about 2.06 million km².

One of the realms of Dutch Republic and Dutch Colonial Empire. The Dutch Republic was born when seven northern provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands revolted against Philip II of Spain and renounced his rule in 1581. Its merchants built the most advanced commercial economy of the 17th century, and two chartered firms, the Dutch East India Company (VOC, 1602) and the West India Company (1621), carved out an empire of trade.

See Netherlands on the map in 1924

Reference map: Map provinces Netherlands-en
Reference map: Map provinces Netherlands-en Alphathon · CC BY-SA 3.0
On the map
1811 – today
Greatest extent
1924, about 2.06 million km²
Read more
Wikipedia: Netherlands · Wikidata Q55

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
1811–1813121,489 km²
1814326,082 km²
1815–1819397,209 km²
1820–1821397,187 km²
1822–1823457,697 km²
1824–1827506,597 km²
1828–1829515,038 km²
1830–1833510,201 km²
1834–1835516,684 km²
1836–1839518,689 km²
1840–1845522,280 km²
1846–1848528,203 km²
1849–1852544,590 km²
1853–1855585,395 km²
1856605,281 km²
1857–1858709,106 km²
1859713,013 km²
1860–1861774,641 km²
1862–1865846,138 km²
1866–1870868,895 km²
1871–1872866,892 km²
1873–18841.30 million km²
1885–18891.30 million km²
1890–18941.31 million km²
1895–18971.65 million km²
1898–19041.81 million km²
1905–19071.83 million km²
1908–19132.02 million km²
19142.06 million km²
1915–19162.06 million km²
1917–19212.06 million km²
1922–19232.06 million km²
1924–19292.06 million km²
1930–19352.06 million km²
1936–19402.06 million km²
19412.02 million km²
19421.96 million km²
194538,382 km²
19461.45 million km²
1947–19481.61 million km²
19491.90 million km²
1950–199138,295 km²
since 199237,912 km²

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