Country size comparison

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Netherlands is about 231 times bigger than Aruba.

Aruba is approximately 180 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 22,979% larger than Aruba. Meanwhile, the population of Aruba is ~122,320 people (17.3 million more people live in Netherlands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Aruba vs. Netherlands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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