Country size comparison

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Iceland is about 2.5 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 148% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (17.0 million fewer people live in Iceland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Iceland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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