Country size comparison

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Belgium is around the same size as Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 1% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (9.7 million more people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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