Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 5 times smaller than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 18.64% the size of Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~639,850 people (11.3 million more people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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