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 ~601,723 people (1.2 million more people live in Latvia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of District of Columbia vs. Latvia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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