Country size comparison

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North Dakota is about 4.3 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 330% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (16.7 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. North Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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