City size comparison

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Rio De Janeiro is about 8 times bigger than Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Rio De Janeiro is approximately 1,221 sq km, making Rio De Janeiro 671% larger than Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Rio De Janeiro uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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