Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 1.4 times bigger than Lesotho.
Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 37% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (15.2 million more people live in Netherlands).
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