Country size comparison
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Belgium is about 6 times smaller than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 17.71% the size of Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (5.1 million more people live in Belgium).
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