Country size comparison

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France is about 332 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 33,148% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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