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Botswana is about 3.4 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 238% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (4.3 million fewer people live in Botswana).
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