Country size comparison
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Lesotho is about 172 times bigger than District of Columbia.
District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, making Lesotho 17,050% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~693,645 people (1.7 million more people live in Lesotho).
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