|   |   | Area - comparative (2001) | Area - comparative (2005) | 
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				Akrotiri | 
				- | 
				about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC | 
				
				  | 
				Australia | 
				slightly smaller than the contiguous 48 states of the US | 
				slightly smaller than the US contiguous 48 states | 
				
				  | 
				Bangladesh | 
				slightly smaller than Wisconsin | 
				slightly smaller than Iowa | 
				
				  | 
				Bermuda | 
				about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC | 
				about one-third the size of Washington, DC | 
				
				  | 
				Canada | 
				slightly larger than the US | 
				somewhat larger than the US | 
				
				  | 
				Christmas Island | 
				about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC | 
				about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC | 
				
				  | 
				Dhekelia | 
				- | 
				about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC | 
				
				  | 
				East Timor | 
				- | 
				slightly larger than Connecticut | 
				
				  | 
				European Union | 
				- | 
				less than one-half the size of the US | 
				
				  | 
				Guernsey | 
				slightly larger than Washington, DC | 
				about one-half the size of Washington, DC | 
				
				  | 
				Jersey | 
				about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC | 
				about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC | 
				
				  | 
				Macedonia | 
				- | 
				slightly larger than Vermont | 
				
				  | 
				Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 
				slightly larger than Vermont | 
				- | 
				
				  | 
				Micronesia, Federated States of | 
				four times the size of Washington, DC | 
				four times the size of Washington, DC (land area only) | 
				
				  | 
				Russia | 
				slightly less than 1.8 times the size of the US | 
				approximately 1.8 times the size of the US | 
				
				  | 
				Saint Helena | 
				slightly more than two times the size of Washington, DC | 
				slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC | 
				
				  | 
				Serbia and Montenegro | 
				- | 
				slightly smaller than Kentucky | 
				
				  | 
				United States | 
				about one-half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about one-half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; about two and one-half times the size of Western Europe | 
				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; almost two and a half times the size of the European Union | 
				
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				Yugoslavia | 
				slightly smaller than Kentucky | 
				- |