Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 31 times smaller than Chad.
Chad is approximately 1,284,000 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 3.24% the size of Chad. Meanwhile, the population of Chad is ~18.0 million people (562,387 fewer people live in Netherlands).
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