Country size comparison

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District of Columbia is about 365 times smaller than Latvia.

Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.27% the size of Latvia. Meanwhile, the population of Latvia is ~1.8 million people (1.2 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Latvia vs. District of Columbia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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