City size comparison

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Washington is about 8 times smaller than Rio De Janeiro.

Rio De Janeiro is approximately 1,221 sq km, while Washington is approximately 158 sq km, making Washington 12.97% the size of Rio De Janeiro.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rio De Janeiro vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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