Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 1.8 times smaller than Panama.
Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 55.08% the size of Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.3 million people (13.1 million more people live in Netherlands).
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Moving from Netherlands to Panama · UN DESA 2020
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