Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 10 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 10.29% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (19.9 million fewer people live in Netherlands).
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