Country size comparison
compared to
Netherlands is around the same size as Denmark.
Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 96.4% the size of Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~5.9 million people (11.5 million more people live in Netherlands).
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