Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 10 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 10.13% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (49.2 million fewer people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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