Country size comparison

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France is about 1,535 times bigger than Detroit.

Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 153,389% larger than Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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