Modern Dutch empire

First let's talk about the Dutch Empire itself, The Dutch empire is an empire that ruled over 2% of the world within 150 years. The dutch empire had on there peak 34 countries as there territory. All the countries the dutch had territories in were in 64 different countries. They had colonies in every continent in the world. Only France, Netherlands and Britain have done that. And the Netherlands has 1.5 million people living in the netherlands and the country is the 134 biggest countries. So it's impressive that the dutch created a massive empire for such a small country with a small population. The first settlement of the dutch was in Belgium and Luxembourg and than they went over to other continents. The empire began in 1570 and is still going with territories in the caribbean

The Netherlands has had very big cities in their history. here a list of the 10 biggest cities the Netherlands has owned or had a trading post which turned into a fort or a settlement.

1. Guangzhou, China --> 68.500.000

2. Jakarta, Indonesia --> 32.594.000

3. Karachi, Pakistan --> 23.500.000

4. Lagos, Nigeria --> 21.300.000

5. Bangkok, Thailand --> 20.060.000

6. Mumbai, India --> 20.748.000

7. New York City, USA --> 19.562.000

8. Dhaka, Bangladesh --> 18.957.000

9. Kinshasa, DRC --> 17.239.000

10. London, Uk --> 14.800.000

Here are some pictures at the modern Dutch empire countries nature

The biggest modern Dutch empire countries economies:

1. USA --> $28.780.000.000.000

2. China --> $18.530.000.000.000

3. Japan --> $4.110.000.000.000

4. India --> $3.940.000.000.000

5. UK --> $3.500.000.000.000

6. Brazil--> $2.330.000.000.000

7. Canada --> $2.240.000.000.000

8. Russia --> $2.060.000.000.000

9. Australia --> $1.790.000.000.000

10. Indonesia --> $1.480.000.000.000

If we talk about the Dutch in the world, the Dutch has owned 2% of the world and the dutch have with all the countries they have colonised an amount of 500 million people to this day. that is more than 6.25% of the world population