Country size comparison

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Houston is about 10,308 times smaller than Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 0.01% the size of Russia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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