Country size comparison

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China is about 5,786 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, making China 578,473% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. China uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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