Dru and reality luzers are correct. Holland is only two provinces of the entire Netherlands

The Netherlands (excluding Dutch overseas territories)

16.902.095 exactly

See the link for update

CBS Centraal Bureau Statestieken

http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/bevo...

The population of the Netherlands is 16.8 million.

http://countrymeters.info/en/Netherlands

22 million

Interweb says roughly 6.1 million....