Country size comparison

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Rwanda is about 1.6 times smaller than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 63.4% the size of Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (4.2 million fewer people live in Rwanda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Rwanda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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