Country size comparison
compared to
Massachusetts is about 1.5 times smaller than Belgium.
Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, making Massachusetts 66.52% the size of Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (5.3 million fewer people live in Massachusetts).
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