Country size comparison

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Pennsylvania is about 2.8 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 179% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (4.7 million fewer people live in Pennsylvania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Pennsylvania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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