Country size comparison
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District of Columbia is about 426 times smaller than Panama.
Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.23% the size of Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.6 million people (3.9 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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