Country size comparison

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Netherlands is about 7 times bigger than Brunei.

Brunei is approximately 5,765 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 621% larger than Brunei. Meanwhile, the population of Brunei is ~478,054 people (16.9 million more people live in Netherlands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Brunei vs. Netherlands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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