Country size comparison
compared to
Japan is about 9 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 810% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (106.8 million more people live in Japan).
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Moving from Japan to Netherlands · OECD 2023
1,840 people moved from Japan to Netherlands.
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