Country size comparison

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District of Columbia is about 65 times smaller than Qatar.

Qatar is approximately 11,586 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 1.53% the size of Qatar. Meanwhile, the population of Qatar is ~2.5 million people (1.9 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Qatar vs. District of Columbia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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