Country size comparison
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District of Columbia is about 149 times smaller than Rwanda.
Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.67% the size of Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~14.6 million people (13.9 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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