Country size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 1.6 times smaller than Gabon.
Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 64.39% the size of Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.3 million people (4.4 million more people live in Washington).
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