Country size comparison

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District of Columbia is about 405 times smaller than Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.25% the size of Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (8.1 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sierra Leone vs. District of Columbia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Sierra Leone is 46.6% cheaper than District of Columbia
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