Country size comparison

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Sao Tome and Principe is about 1.7 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 58.12% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Sao Tome and Principe uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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