Country size comparison
compared to
Macau is about 1,473 times smaller than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Macau is approximately 28 sq km, making Macau 0.07% the size of Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (16.8 million fewer people live in Macau).
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