Country size comparison

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Russia is about 560 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 55,908% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (130.2 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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