Country size comparison
compared to
District of Columbia is about 4,427 times smaller than Turkey.
Turkey is approximately 783,562 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.02% the size of Turkey. Meanwhile, the population of Turkey is ~83.0 million people (82.4 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
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