Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 10 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km,
while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making
California 872% larger than Netherlands.
Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people
(19.9 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
Netherlands
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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