Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 15 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 1,435% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (5.0 million fewer people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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