Country size comparison

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Houston is about 1,061 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 0.09% the size of Libya.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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