Country size comparison
compared to
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).
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