Country size comparison

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District of Columbia is about 101 times smaller than Kuwait.

Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.99% the size of Kuwait. Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~3.1 million people (2.5 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kuwait vs. District of Columbia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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