Country size comparison

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Connecticut is about 3.3 times smaller than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 30.2% the size of Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (13.8 million fewer people live in Connecticut).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Connecticut uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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