Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 18 times smaller than Zambia.
Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 5.52% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in Netherlands).
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