Country size comparison

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Netherlands is about 47 times smaller than Mexico.

Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 2.11% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~129.2 million people (111.8 million fewer people live in Netherlands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mexico vs. Netherlands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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