Country size comparison
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Moldova is about 1.2 times smaller than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Moldova is approximately 33,851 sq km, making Moldova 81.48% the size of Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (14.1 million fewer people live in Moldova).
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