Country size comparison

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Washington is about 4 times bigger than Denmark.

Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 300% larger than Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~5.9 million people (803,773 more people live in Washington).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Denmark vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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