Country size comparison
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El Salvador is about 8 times smaller than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 12.21% the size of Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (155,795 fewer people live in El Salvador).
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