Country size comparison

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New York is about 4 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 301% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (7.5 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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