Country size comparison
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Latvia is about 365 times bigger than District of Columbia.
District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, making Latvia 36,391% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~693,645 people (1.2 million more people live in Latvia).
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