Netherlands is 1.59× the size of Valencian Community

Netherlands (Europe) covers about 37,100 km² (14,300 mi²) and Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

37,100km²Netherlands
23,300km²Valencian Community

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Netherlands
Valencian Community

What fits

Valencian Community is 63% of the size of Netherlands.
Netherlands is larger by 13,800 km² (5,340 mi²), which is 59% of the area of Valencian Community.
Measured in Belgiums: Netherlands is about 1.21, Valencian Community about 0.76.

How they differ

Netherlands also has the larger population: 17.9 million against 5.3 million, 3.37× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 480 in Netherlands against 229 in Valencian Community: Netherlands is 2.10× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,510 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Netherlands at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Valencian Community at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Netherlands as 2.54× the size of Valencian Community instead of 1.59×.
Together Netherlands and Valencian Community cover 60,400 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 5.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 13,800 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
At Valencian Community's density, Netherlands would have 8.5 million people (it has 17.9 million). At Netherlands's density, Valencian Community would have 11.2 million (it has 5.3 million).
Netherlands's centre is 12.9° of latitude, about 1,430 km, farther north than Valencian Community's.
Netherlands ranks 137th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Valencian Community is the 8th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 4.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Netherlands lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,430 km) north of Valencian Community.
Shared out evenly, each person in Netherlands would have about 2,080 m² and each person in Valencian Community about 4,380 m².
Laid side by side, Netherlands and Valencian Community would cover 60,400 km², 1.06× the size of Togo.
Together they have 23.3 million people, about as many people as Burkina Faso.
Counted as a country, Valencian Community would rank 150th by area and 119th by population.

Side by side

	Netherlands	Valencian Community
Is a	CountryEurope	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	37,100 km²14,300 mi²	23,300 km²8,980 mi²
Official area	37,400 km²Wikidata	23,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	136th of 239worldwide	8th of 19in Spain
Population	17.9 millionWikidata, 2024	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	67th of 237worldwide	4th of 19in Spain
Density	480 per km²	229 per km²
Capital	Amsterdam	Valencia
Latitude range	51°N to 54°N	38°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 37,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 37,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 23,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,300 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain. The outline of Valencian Community is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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