Country size comparison
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El Salvador is about 119 times bigger than District of Columbia.
District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 11,788% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~601,723 people (6.0 million more people live in El Salvador).
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District of Columbia is 3.7 times more expensive than El Salvador overall
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