Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 172 times bigger than District of Columbia.

District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 17,147% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~601,723 people (11.2 million more people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of District of Columbia vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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