Country size comparison

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Slovakia is about 1.2 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Slovakia is approximately 49,035 sq km, making Slovakia 18% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (12.0 million fewer people live in Slovakia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Slovakia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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