Country size comparison

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Russia is about 10,308 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 1,030,703% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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