Country size comparison

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Washington is about 6 times bigger than Burundi.

Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 519% larger than Burundi. Meanwhile, the population of Burundi is ~12.7 million people (6.0 million fewer people live in Washington).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Burundi vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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