Country size comparison

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District of Columbia is about 235 times smaller than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.43% the size of Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (16.8 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. District of Columbia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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