Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 1.4 times smaller than Croatia.
Croatia is approximately 56,594 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 73.41% the size of Croatia. Meanwhile, the population of Croatia is ~4.2 million people (13.2 million more people live in Netherlands).
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