Country size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 2.2 times smaller than Japan.
Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 45.6% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (117.5 million fewer people live in Washington).
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