Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 1.7 times smaller than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 57.91% the size of Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (8.7 million more people live in Netherlands).
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