Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 21 times smaller than Somalia.

Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 4.79% the size of Somalia. Meanwhile, the population of Somalia is ~12.4 million people (538,910 fewer people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Somalia vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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