Country size comparison
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Australia is about 45 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 4,392% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (19.4 million more people live in Australia).
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