Country size comparison

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Germany is about 12 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 1,069% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (72.5 million more people live in Germany).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Germany uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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