Country size comparison

compared to

Netherlands is about 6 times smaller than United Kingdom.

United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 17.05% the size of United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~67.8 million people (50.4 million fewer people live in Netherlands).
This to-scale comparison of United Kingdom vs. Netherlands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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