Country size comparison
compared to
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).
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