Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 42 times smaller than Peru.

Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 2.38% the size of Peru. Meanwhile, the population of Peru is ~34.6 million people (22.6 million fewer people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Peru vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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1,166 people born in Belgium live in Peru.
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