The Netherlands Fact Sheet
Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country
| Record Name | Year | Country | Region | Source | Inventor Name |
| Pendulum Clock | 1656 | The Netherlands | Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Christiaan Huygens |
| Compact disc (CD) | 1980 | The Netherlands, Japan | Asia and Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Philips Electronics, Sony Corp. |
| DVD | 1995 | Japan, United States, The Netherlands | Asia, Europe and North America | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | consortium of international electronics companies |
| Electrocardiogram | 1903 | The Netherlands | Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Willem Einthoven |
| Compound Optical Microscope | c. 1600 | The Netherlands | Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Hans Zacharias Jansen |
| Submarine | 1620 | The Netherlands | Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Cornelis Drebbel |
| Optical Telescope | 1608 | The Netherlands | Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Hans Lippershey |
Database: World Literacy Rates
| Record Name | Country | Source | Total | Men | Women | Year |
| The Netherlands Literacy Rate | The Netherlands | UNESCO | 99 percent | Not Available | Not Available | 1995 |
| The Netherlands Antilles Literacy Rate | The Netherlands Antilles | UNESCO | 96.9 percent | 96.9 percent | 97 percent | 2005 |
Database: World's Largest Newspapers by Circulation
| Record Name | Country | Language | Region | Source | Newspaper | Rank | Circulation (thousands) |
| De Telegraaf Newspaper Circulation | The Netherlands | Dutch | Europe | World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 | De Telegraaf | 71 | 753 |
Database: Capital Cities of World Countries
| Record Name | Country | Capital City | Country Long Name | FIPS code |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands (Netherlands) | Netherlands | AmsterdamThe Hague (seat of gov't) | Kingdom of the Netherlands | NL |
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