Country size comparison
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Portugal is about 2.2 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 122% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (7.2 million fewer people live in Portugal).
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