Luxembourg is 16.1× the size of Washington, D.C.

What fits

• Washington, D.C. fits inside Luxembourg about 16.1 times by area.
• Luxembourg is larger by 2,450 km² (945 mi²), which is 1,508% of the area of Washington, D.C.
• Measured in Belgiums: Luxembourg is about 0.09, Washington, D.C. about 0.01.

How they differ

• Luxembourg also has the larger population: 691,000 against 690,000, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 4,251 in Washington, D.C. against 265 in Luxembourg: Washington, D.C. is 16.0× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,370 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Luxembourg at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Washington, D.C. at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Luxembourg as 23.3× the size of Washington, D.C. instead of 16.1×.
• Together Luxembourg and Washington, D.C. cover 2,770 km², close to the size of Samoa (2,780 km², 0.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,450 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
• At Washington, D.C.'s density, Luxembourg would have 11.1 million people (it has 691,000). At Luxembourg's density, Washington, D.C. would have 43,000 (it has 690,000).
• Luxembourg's centre is 10.9° of latitude, about 1,210 km, farther north than Washington, D.C.'s.
• Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Washington, D.C. is the 51st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Luxembourg lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,210 km) north of Washington, D.C.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Luxembourg would have about 3,780 m² and each person in Washington, D.C. about 240 m².
• Laid side by side, Luxembourg and Washington, D.C. would cover 2,770 km², about the same size as Samoa.
• Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as Estonia.
• Washington, D.C. is drawn from 10 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
• Counted as a country, Washington, D.C. would rank 215th by area and 167th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2026 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 162 km² is 8.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 177 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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