Country size comparison

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Greenland is about 13 times bigger than Washington.

Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Greenland is approximately 2,166,086 sq km, making Greenland 1,157% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (6.7 million fewer people live in Greenland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Greenland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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