Country size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 1.5 times bigger than Eritrea.
Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 47% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (515,278 more people live in Washington).
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