Editing Benelux (section)

==Characteristics==
===Countries===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Benelux Countries Comparison
! Country
! scope="col" | [[Belgium]]
! scope="col" | [[Netherlands]]
! scope="col" | [[Luxembourg]]
|-
! scope="row" | Official name
| {{bulleted list|English: [[Kingdom of Belgium]]|Dutch: [[Koninkrijk België]]|French: [[Royaume de Belgique]]|German: [[Königreich Belgien]]}}
| {{bulleted list|English: [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]]|Dutch: [[Koninkrijk der Nederlanden]]}}
| {{bulleted list|English: [[Grand Duchy of Luxembourg]]|Luxembourgish: [[Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg]]|German: [[Großherzogtum Luxemburg]]|French: [[Grand-Duché de Luxembourg]]}}
|-
! scope="row" | Official languages
| {{bulleted list|[[Dutch language|Dutch]]|[[French language|French]]|[[German language|German]]}}
| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] (regional: [[English language|English]], [[Frisian languages|Frisian]], [[Papiamento]]/[[Papiamentu]])
| {{bulleted list|[[Luxembourgish]]|[[French language|French]]|[[German language|German]]}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Population]] (2024)
| {{IncreaseNeutral}} 11,763,650<ref name=population>{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/structure-population|title=Structure of the Population|language=en|publisher=Statbel|date=4 June 2024|access-date=31 July 2024}}</ref><!-- Belgium does not work with censuses and estimates but has an always up-to-date population register, with official data for 1 January of each year. Monthly updated statistics are available via http://www.ibz.rrn.fgov.be/fileadmin/user_upload/Registre/nl/statistieken_bevolking/stat_1_n.pdf --> || {{IncreaseNeutral}} {{data Netherlands|poptoday|formatnum}}<ref name="Counter1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/visualisaties/dashboard-bevolking/bevolkingsteller|title=Bevolkingsteller|publisher=[[Statistics Netherlands]]|language=Dutch|accessdate=9 June 2021}}</ref> || {{IncreaseNeutral}} 672,050<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://statistiques.public.lu/dam-assets/actualite/2024/stn16-pop-2024/stn16-2024-population-2024-v20.pdf |title=Une croissance démographique réduite en 2023 |date=18 April 2024 |website=statistiques.public.lu |language=fr |access-date=18 April 2024 |archive-date=18 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418170659/https://statistiques.public.lu/dam-assets/actualite/2024/stn16-pop-2024/stn16-2024-population-2024-v20.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Area
| {{cvt|30,528|sqkm}} || {{cvt|41,543|sqkm}} || {{cvt|2,586.4|sqkm}}
|-
! scope="row" | Population density
| 385/km<sup>2</sup> (998/sq mi) || 441/km<sup>2</sup> (1,141/sq mi) || 260/km<sup>2</sup> (673/sq mi)
|-
! scope="row" | Capital city
| [[Brussels]] || [[Amsterdam]] || [[Luxembourg City]]
|-
! scope="row" | Largest urban areas
| {{bulleted list|[[Brussels]]: 2,500,000|[[Antwerp]]: 1,200,000|[[Liège]]: 749,110|[[Ghent]]: 594,582|[[Charleroi]]: 522,522}}
| {{bulleted list|[[Amsterdam]]: 2,480,394|[[Rotterdam]]: 1,181,284|[[The Hague]]: 1,054,793|[[Utrecht]]: 656,342|[[Haarlem]]: 424,601}}
| {{bulleted list|[[Luxembourg City]]: 134,714|[[Esch-sur-Alzette]]: 36,625|[[Differdange]]: 29,536|[[Dudelange]]: 22,403|[[Ettelbruck]]: 9,965}}
|-
! scope="row" | Form of government
| [[Federalism|Federal]] [[parliamentary constitutional monarchy]] ||[[constitutional monarchy|Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy]] ||  [[parliamentary constitutional monarchy|Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy]]
|-
! scope="row" | Current [[head of state]]
| [[Philippe of Belgium|King Philippe]] || [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|King Willem-Alexander]] || [[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Grand Duke Henri]]
|-
! scope="row" | Current [[head of government]]
| [[Prime Minister of Belgium|Prime Minister]] [[Bart de Wever]] || [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Prime Minister]] [[Dick Schoof]] || [[Prime Minister of Luxembourg|Prime Minister]] [[Luc Frieden]]
|-
! scope="row" | Main religions
| {{bulleted list|49% [[Christianity in Belgium|Christianity]]|40% [[Irreligion in Belgium|no religion]]|7% [[Islam in Belgium|Islam]]|3% other}}
| {{bulleted list|58% [[Irreligion in the Netherlands|no religion]]|30% [[Christianity in the Netherlands|Christianity]]|6% [[Islam in the Netherlands|Islam]]|6% other}}
| {{bulleted list|73.2% [[Christianity in Luxembourg|Christianity]]|23.4% [[Irreligion in Luxembourg|no religion]]|3.2% other}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[GDP]] nominal (2025)
| {{increase}} US$689.364 billion<ref name="Belgium"/> || {{increase}} US$1.273 trillion<ref name="Netherlands"/> || {{increase}} US$96.993 billion<ref name="Luxembourg"/>
|-
! scope="row" | [[GDP|GDP per capita]] nominal (2025)
| {{increase}} US$58,248<ref name="Belgium"/> || {{increase}} US$70,606<ref name="Netherlands"/> || {{increase}} US$141,079<ref name="Luxembourg"/>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Purchasing power parity|GDP (PPP)]] (2025)
| {{increase}} US$889.833 billion<ref name="Belgium"/> || {{increase}} US$1.511 trillion<ref name="Netherlands"/> || {{increase}} US$106.505 billion<ref name="Luxembourg"/>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Purchasing power parity|GDP per capita (PPP)]] (2025)
| {{increase}} US$75,187<ref name="Belgium"/> || {{increase}} US$83,823<ref name="Netherlands"/> || {{increase}} US$154,914<ref name="Luxembourg"/>
|-
! scope="row" | Currency
| [[Euro]] || [[Euro]], also uses [[USD]] (in some cases) || [[Euro]]
|}