Country size comparison

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France is about 18 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 1,707% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (56.5 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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