Country size comparison

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Washington is about 15 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 1,425% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (4.3 million more people live in Washington).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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