Country size comparison
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Panama is about 1.8 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 82% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (13.1 million fewer people live in Panama).
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