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 ~466,330 people (17.6 million more people live in Netherlands).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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Moving from Netherlands to Brunei · UN DESA 2020
333 people born in Netherlands live in Brunei.
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