Country size comparison

compared to

Italy is about 182 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 18,067% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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