Country size comparison

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United States is about 5,928 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 592,734% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. United States uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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