Country size comparison

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Yemen is about 17 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 1,629% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (19.1 million more people live in Yemen).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Yemen uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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