Country size comparison
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Madagascar is about 14 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, making Madagascar 1,313% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (10.8 million more people live in Madagascar).
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Moving from Madagascar to Netherlands · OECD 2023
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