Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
The Netherlands fits inside Indonesia 46 times
Indonesia: 1,916,910 km² (2024) · Netherlands: 41,540 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Indonesia’s coastline is 121 times as long as the Netherlands’
Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 451 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Indonesia’s highest peak towers 4,022 m above the Netherlands’
Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 862 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 53% of the Netherlands, versus 29% of Indonesia
Indonesia: 28.9% (2024) · Netherlands: 53.4% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Indonesia has 16 times as many people as the Netherlands
Indonesia: 286 million (2025) · Netherlands: 18.1 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
The Netherlands is 3.6 times as densely populated as Indonesia
Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025) · Netherlands: 537 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in the Netherlands are 17.5 cm taller than in Indonesia
Indonesia: 166.3 cm (2019) · Netherlands: 183.8 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in the Netherlands are 16.0 cm taller than in Indonesia
Indonesia: 154.4 cm (2019) · Netherlands: 170.4 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in the Netherlands is 12 years older than in Indonesia
Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023) · Netherlands: 41.4 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Indonesia have 0.7 more children on average than in the Netherlands
Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024) · Netherlands: 1.43 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in the Netherlands are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Indonesia
Indonesia: 7.5% (2025) · Netherlands: 20.9% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
The Netherlands hosts 608 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia
Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025) · Netherlands: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
The Netherlands has produced 11.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Indonesia 0.0
Indonesia: 0.035 (2026) · Netherlands: 11.1 (2026)
How many official languages?
Indonesia and the Netherlands are practically level
Indonesia: 1 (2026) · Netherlands: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Indonesia’s economy is 8% larger than the Netherlands’
Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025) · Netherlands: $1.33 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
The Netherlands produces 4.9 times as much per person as Indonesia
Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025) · Netherlands: Int$87,320 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Indonesia than in the Netherlands (Gini 8.7 points higher)
Indonesia: 34.4 (2025) · Netherlands: 25.7 (2021)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
3.7% of people in Indonesia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in the Netherlands
Indonesia: 3.7% (2025) · Netherlands: 0.1% (2021)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 3.9% in the Netherlands, versus 3.2% in Indonesia
Indonesia: 3.2% (2025) · Netherlands: 3.9% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
The Netherlands spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Indonesia 1.0%
Indonesia: 1% (2025) · Netherlands: 2.2% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Indonesia: no data · Netherlands: 25.3% (2024)
How expensive is it?
The Netherlands’ price level (US = 100) is 2.9× Indonesia’s
Indonesia: 29% (2025) · Netherlands: 84% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
The Netherlands spends 52 times as much on health per person as Indonesia
Indonesia: $132 (2023) · Netherlands: $6,845 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in the Netherlands live 11 years longer than in Indonesia
Indonesia: 71.3 years (2024) · Netherlands: 82 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Indonesia is 4.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in the Netherlands
Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
The Netherlands has 7.4 times as many doctors per person as Indonesia
Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Netherlands: 3.9 per 1,000 (2022)
How many hospital beds are there?
The Netherlands has 77% more hospital beds per person than Indonesia
Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Netherlands: 2.4 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in the Netherlands is 4.4 times that in Indonesia
Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 9.6 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
17% of adults in the Netherlands are obese, versus 12% in Indonesia
Indonesia: 12% (2024) · Netherlands: 16.9% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 21% in the Netherlands
Indonesia: 31% (2024) · Netherlands: 20.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in the Netherlands rate their lives 1.61 points higher than in Indonesia
Indonesia: 5.62 (2025) · Netherlands: 7.22 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in the Netherlands drink 85 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia
Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023) · Netherlands: 8.6 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
The Netherlands has 3.6 times as much meat per person as Indonesia
Indonesia: 20 kg (2023) · Netherlands: 71.6 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
The Netherlands has 567 kcal more food per person per day than Indonesia
Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023) · Netherlands: 3,467 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Indonesia put in 520 more hours a year than in the Netherlands
Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023) · Netherlands: 1,439 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in the Netherlands went to school 4 years longer than in Indonesia
Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023) · Netherlands: 12.7 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
The Netherlands welcomed 19 times as many tourists per resident as Indonesia (2019)
Indonesia: 0.05 (2024) · Netherlands: 0.91 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
The Netherlands has 3 more World Heritage sites than Indonesia (13 against 10)
Indonesia: 10 (2026) · Netherlands: 13 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
The Netherlands has won 524 Olympic medals, Indonesia 40
Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 524 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
97% of people in the Netherlands are online, versus 73% in Indonesia
Indonesia: 73% (2024) · Netherlands: 97% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in the Netherlands is 4 times as fast as in Indonesia
Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026) · Netherlands: 324 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
The Netherlands and Indonesia are practically level
Indonesia: 99.9% (2024) · Netherlands: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
96% of people in the Netherlands live in cities, versus 59% in Indonesia
Indonesia: 59% (2025) · Netherlands: 96% (2025)
How many phones per person?
The Netherlands has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Indonesia 123
Indonesia: 123 (2024) · Netherlands: 129 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Indonesia’s railway network is 80% longer than the Netherlands’
Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019) · Netherlands: 3,041 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from the Netherlands fly 6.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Indonesia
Indonesia: 0.34 (2023) · Netherlands: 2.29 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 11% of the Netherlands
Indonesia: 50.7% (2024) · Netherlands: 11% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in the Netherlands emits 2.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Indonesia
Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024) · Netherlands: 6.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
51% of the Netherlands’ electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Indonesia
Indonesia: 18.1% (2024) · Netherlands: 51.2% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Indonesia carries 93% more fine dust than in the Netherlands
Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Netherlands: 9.6 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.3 times as likely to be murdered in the Netherlands as in Indonesia
Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022) · Netherlands: 0.7 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Indonesia are 3.4 times as deadly as in the Netherlands
Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 5.1 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Indonesia is on average 14.4 °C warmer than the Netherlands
Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 11.2°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Indonesia gets 3.9 times as much rain as the Netherlands
Indonesia: 3,437 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 887 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Indonesia bigger than the Netherlands?
Indonesia is larger. The Netherlands fits inside Indonesia 46 times.
Which has more people, Indonesia or the Netherlands?
Indonesia has 16 times as many people as the Netherlands (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Indonesia or the Netherlands?
People in the Netherlands live 11 years longer than in Indonesia. Life expectancy at birth is 71.3 years in Indonesia and 82.0 in the Netherlands.
Are people taller in Indonesia or the Netherlands?
Men in the Netherlands are 17.5 cm taller than in Indonesia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
