Country size comparison
compared to
Idaho is about 5 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, making Idaho 416% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (15.8 million fewer people live in Idaho).
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