Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 1.6 times bigger than Maryland.
Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 64% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (11.6 million more people live in Netherlands).
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