Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 1.5 times smaller than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 66.62% the size of West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (15.5 million more people live in Netherlands).
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