Country size comparison

compared to

Houston is about 11 times smaller than Kuwait.

Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 9.31% the size of Kuwait.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kuwait vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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