Country size comparison
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District of Columbia is about 11,098 times smaller than Mexico.
Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.01% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~131.9 million people (131.3 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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