Country size comparison
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Romania is about 6 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, making Romania 474% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (1.1 million more people live in Romania).
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