Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 17 times smaller than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 5.78% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (19.1 million fewer people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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