Country size comparison
compared to
Italy is about 7 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 625% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~18.1 million people (40.8 million more people live in Italy).
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