Dominican Republic is about 1.7 times smaller than Austria.

Austria is approximately 83,871 sq km, while Dominican Republic is approximately 48,670 sq km, making Dominican Republic 58.03% the size of Austria. Meanwhile, the population of Austria is ~8.9 million people (1.8 million more people live in Dominican Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Austria vs. Dominican Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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