Country size comparison

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Dominican Republic is about 1.2 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Dominican Republic is approximately 48,670 sq km, making Dominican Republic 17% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (6.7 million fewer people live in Dominican Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Dominican Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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