Country size comparison

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Germany is about 9 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 759% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (66.9 million more people live in Germany).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Germany uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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