Libya is about 42 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 4,135% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (10.3 million fewer people live in Libya).
This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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