Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 13 times smaller than Yemen.
Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 7.87% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (13.6 million fewer people live in Netherlands).
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