Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 3.7 times bigger than Gambia.
Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 268% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (15.0 million more people live in Netherlands).
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