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COUNTRY	DESCRIPTION
Afghanistan	slightly smaller than Texas
Akrotiri	about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Albania	slightly smaller than Maryland
Algeria	slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas
American Samoa	slightly larger than Washington, DC
Andorra	2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Angola	slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Anguilla	about one-half the size of Washington, DC
Antarctica	slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US
Antigua and Barbuda	2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Arctic Ocean	slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US
Argentina	slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US
Armenia	slightly smaller than Maryland
Aruba	slightly larger than Washington, DC
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Atlantic Ocean	slightly less than 6.5 times the size of the US
Australia	slightly smaller than the US contiguous 48 states
Austria	slightly smaller than Maine
Azerbaijan	slightly smaller than Maine
Bahrain	3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Bangladesh	slightly smaller than Iowa
Barbados	2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Bassas da India	about one-third the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Belarus	slightly smaller than Kansas
Belgium	about the size of Maryland
Belize	slightly smaller than Massachusetts
Benin	slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Bermuda	about one-third the size of Washington, DC
Bhutan	about one-half the size of Indiana
Bolivia	slightly less than three times the size of Montana
Bosnia and Herzegovina	slightly smaller than West Virginia
Botswana	slightly smaller than Texas
Bouvet Island	about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Brazil	slightly smaller than the US
British Indian Ocean Territory	land area is about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
British Virgin Islands	about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC
Brunei	slightly smaller than Delaware
Bulgaria	slightly larger than Tennessee
Burkina Faso	slightly larger than Colorado
Burma	slightly smaller than Texas
Burundi	slightly smaller than Maryland
Cambodia	slightly smaller than Oklahoma
Cameroon	slightly larger than California
Canada	slightly larger than the US
Cape Verde	slightly larger than Rhode Island
Cayman Islands	1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Central African Republic	slightly smaller than Texas
Chad	slightly more than three times the size of California
Chile	slightly smaller than twice the size of Montana
China	slightly smaller than the US
Christmas Island	about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC
Clipperton Island	about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Colombia	slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Comoros	slightly more than 12 times the size of Washington, DC
Congo, Republic of the	slightly smaller than Montana
Cook Islands	1.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Coral Sea Islands	NA
Costa Rica	slightly smaller than West Virginia
Cote d'Ivoire	slightly larger than New Mexico
Croatia	slightly smaller than West Virginia
Cuba	slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Cyprus	about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut
Czech Republic	slightly smaller than South Carolina
Democratic Republic of the Congo	slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US
Denmark	slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts
Dhekelia	about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC
Djibouti	slightly smaller than Massachusetts
Dominica	slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC
Dominican Republic	slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire
East Timor	slightly larger than Connecticut
Ecuador	slightly smaller than Nevada
Egypt	slightly more than three times the size of New Mexico
El Salvador	slightly smaller than Massachusetts
Equatorial Guinea	slightly smaller than Maryland
Eritrea	slightly larger than Pennsylvania
Estonia	slightly smaller than New Hampshire and Vermont combined
Ethiopia	slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Europa Island	about 0.16 times the size of Washington, DC
European Union	less than one-half the size of the US
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	slightly smaller than Connecticut
Faroe Islands	eight times the size of Washington, DC
Federated States of Micronesia	four times the size of Washington, DC (land area only)
Fiji	slightly smaller than New Jersey
Finland	slightly smaller than Montana
France	slightly less than the size of Texas
French Guiana	slightly smaller than Indiana
French Polynesia	slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): less than one-half the size of Washington, DC Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): more than 10 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Iles Crozet: about twice the size of Washington, DC Iles Kerguelen: slightly larger than Delaware Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): land area about one-third the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Europa Island (Iles Eparses): about one-sixth the size of Washington, DC Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses): about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): about seven times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Gabon	slightly smaller than Colorado
Gaza Strip	slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Georgia	slightly smaller than South Carolina
Germany	slightly smaller than Montana
Ghana	slightly smaller than Oregon
Gibraltar	more than 10 times the size of The National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Glorioso Islands	about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Greece	slightly smaller than Alabama
Greenland	slightly more than three times the size of Texas
Grenada	twice the size of Washington, DC
Guadeloupe	10 times the size of Washington, DC
Guam	three times the size of Washington, DC
Guatemala	slightly smaller than Tennessee
Guernsey	about one-half the size of Washington, DC
Guinea	slightly smaller than Oregon
Guinea-Bissau	slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut
Guyana	slightly smaller than Idaho
Haiti	slightly smaller than Maryland
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	slightly more than two times the size of Washington, DC
Holy See (Vatican City)	about 0.7 times the size of The National Mall in Washington, DC
Honduras	slightly larger than Tennessee
Hong Kong	six times the size of Washington, DC
Howland Island	about three times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Hungary	slightly smaller than Indiana
Iceland	slightly smaller than Kentucky
India	slightly more than one-third the size of the US
Indian Ocean	about 5.5 times the size of the US
Indonesia	slightly less than three times the size of Texas
Iran	slightly smaller than Alaska
Iraq	slightly more than twice the size of Idaho
Ireland	slightly larger than West Virginia
Isle of Man	slightly more than three times the size of Washington, DC
Israel	slightly larger than New Jersey
Italy	slightly larger than Arizona
Jamaica	slightly smaller than Connecticut
Jan Mayen	slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Japan	slightly smaller than California
Jarvis Island	about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Jersey	about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC
Johnston Atoll	about 4.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Jordan	slightly smaller than Indiana
Juan de Nova Island	about seven times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Kazakhstan	slightly less than four times the size of Texas
Kenya	slightly more than twice the size of Nevada
Kingman Reef	about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Kiribati	four times the size of Washington, DC
Kosovo	slightly larger than Delaware
Kuwait	slightly smaller than New Jersey
Kyrgyzstan	slightly smaller than South Dakota
Laos	slightly larger than Utah
Latvia	slightly larger than West Virginia
Lebanon	about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut
Lesotho	slightly smaller than Maryland
Liberia	slightly larger than Tennessee
Libya	slightly larger than Alaska
Liechtenstein	about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC
Lithuania	slightly larger than West Virginia
Luxembourg	slightly smaller than Rhode Island
Macau	less than one-sixth the size of Washington, DC
Madagascar	slightly less than twice the size of Arizona
Malawi	slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Malaysia	slightly larger than New Mexico
Maldives	about 1.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Mali	slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Malta	slightly less than twice the size of Washington, DC
Marshall Islands	about the size of Washington, DC
Martinique	slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC
Mauritania	slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico
Mauritius	almost 11 times the size of Washington, DC
Mayotte	slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Mexico	slightly less than three times the size of Texas
Midway Islands	about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Moldova	slightly larger than Maryland
Monaco	about three times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Mongolia	slightly smaller than Alaska
Montenegro	slightly smaller than Connecticut
Montserrat	about 0.6 times the size of Washington, DC
Morocco	slightly larger than California
Mozambique	slightly less than twice the size of California
Namibia	slightly more than half the size of Alaska
Nauru	about 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC
Navassa Island	about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Nepal	slightly larger than Arkansas
Netherlands	slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey
Netherlands Antilles	more than five times the size of Washington, DC
New Caledonia	slightly smaller than New Jersey
New Zealand	about the size of Colorado
Nicaragua	slightly smaller than New York state
Niger	slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Nigeria	slightly more than twice the size of California
Niue	1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Norfolk Island	about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC
North Korea	slightly smaller than Mississippi
Northern Mariana Islands	2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Norway	slightly larger than New Mexico
Oman	slightly smaller than Kansas
Pacific Ocean	about 15 times the size of the US; covers about 28% of the global surface; larger than the total land area of the world
Pakistan	slightly less than twice the size of California
Palau	slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Palmyra Atoll	about 20 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Panama	slightly smaller than South Carolina
Papua New Guinea	slightly larger than California
Paraguay	slightly smaller than California
Peru	slightly smaller than Alaska
Philippines	slightly larger than Arizona
Pitcairn Islands	about three tenths the size of Washington, DC
Poland	slightly smaller than New Mexico
Portugal	slightly smaller than Indiana
Puerto Rico	slightly less than three times the size of Rhode Island
Qatar	slightly smaller than Connecticut
Republic of Macedonia	slightly larger than Vermont
Reunion	slightly smaller than Rhode Island
Romania	slightly smaller than Oregon
Russia	approximately 1.8 times the size of the US
Rwanda	slightly smaller than Maryland
Saint Barthelemy	less than an eighth of the size of Washington, DC
Saint Helena	slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Saint Kitts and Nevis	one and a half times the size of Washington, DC
Saint Lucia	three and a half times the size of Washington, DC
Saint Martin	more than one-third the size of Washington, DC
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	one and half times the size of Washington, DC
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	twice the size of Washington, DC
Samoa	slightly smaller than Rhode Island
San Marino	about one third times the size of Washington, DC
Sao Tome and Principe	more than five times the size of Washington, DC
Saudi Arabia	slightly more than one-fifth the size of the US
Senegal	slightly smaller than South Dakota
Serbia	slightly smaller than South Carolina
Serbia and Montenegro	slightly larger than South Carolina
Seychelles	2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Sierra Leone	slightly smaller than South Carolina
Singapore	slightly more than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Slovakia	about twice the size of New Hampshire
Slovenia	slightly smaller than New Jersey
Solomon Islands	slightly smaller than Maryland
Somalia	slightly smaller than Texas
South Africa	slightly less than twice the size of Texas
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	slightly larger than Rhode Island
South Korea	slightly larger than Indiana
South Sudan	slightly smaller than Texas
Southern Ocean	slightly more than twice the size of the US
Spain	slightly more than twice the size of Oregon
Sri Lanka	slightly larger than West Virginia
Sudan	slightly less than one-fifth the size of the US
Suriname	slightly larger than Georgia
Svalbard	slightly smaller than West Virginia
Swaziland	slightly smaller than New Jersey
Sweden	slightly larger than California
Switzerland	slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey
Syria	slightly larger than North Dakota
Taiwan	slightly smaller than Maryland and Delaware combined
Tajikistan	slightly smaller than Wisconsin
Tanzania	slightly larger than twice the size of California
Thailand	slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming
The Bahamas	slightly smaller than Connecticut
The Gambia	slightly less than twice the size of Delaware
Togo	slightly smaller than West Virginia
Tokelau	about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Tonga	four times the size of Washington, DC
Trinidad and Tobago	slightly smaller than Delaware
Tromelin Island	about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Tunisia	slightly larger than Georgia
Turkey	slightly larger than Texas
Turkmenistan	slightly larger than California
Turks and Caicos Islands	2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Tuvalu	0.1 times the size of Washington, DC
Uganda	slightly smaller than Oregon
Ukraine	slightly smaller than Texas
United Arab Emirates	slightly smaller than Maine
United Kingdom	slightly smaller than Oregon
United States	about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; more than twice the size of the European Union
Uruguay	slightly smaller than the state of Washington
Uzbekistan	slightly larger than California
Vanuatu	slightly larger than Connecticut
Venezuela	slightly more than twice the size of California
Vietnam	slightly larger than New Mexico
Virgin Islands	twice the size of Washington, DC
Wake Island	about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Wallis and Futuna	1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
West Bank	slightly smaller than Delaware
Western Sahara	about the size of Colorado
Yemen	slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming
Zambia	slightly larger than Texas
Zimbabwe	slightly larger than Montana

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