Country size comparison

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Italy is about 10 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 887% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (49.2 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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