Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 3.8 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 278% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (31.6 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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