Country size comparison
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Eritrea is about 2.8 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 183% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~18.1 million people (14.5 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
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Moving from Eritrea to Netherlands · OECD 2023
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