Country size comparison
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Libya is about 10 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 921% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (413,391 more people live in Libya).
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