Country size comparison

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District of Columbia is about 233 times smaller than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.43% the size of Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (7.9 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. District of Columbia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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