Country size comparison

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Philippines is about 7 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, making Philippines 622% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (97.2 million more people live in Philippines).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Philippines uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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