Country size comparison

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Washington is about 3.2 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 31.25% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (61.6 million fewer people live in Washington).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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