Country size comparison

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Netherlands is about 1.4 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 36% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (5.6 million more people live in Netherlands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Netherlands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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