Country size comparison

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Massachusetts is about 2 times smaller than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, making Massachusetts 48.88% the size of Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (10.9 million fewer people live in Massachusetts).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Massachusetts uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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