Country size comparison

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Netherlands is about 235 times bigger than District of Columbia.

District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 23,371% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~601,723 people (16.8 million more people live in Netherlands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of District of Columbia vs. Netherlands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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