Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 36 times smaller than Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 2.76% the size of Ethiopia. Meanwhile, the population of Ethiopia is ~135.5 million people (123.5 million fewer people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ethiopia vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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