Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 9 times smaller than Japan.
Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 10.99% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (106.8 million fewer people live in Netherlands).
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