Country size comparison

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District of Columbia is about 203 times smaller than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.49% the size of Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (23.0 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. District of Columbia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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