Country size comparison
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Washington is about 10 times bigger than Kuwait.
Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 867% larger than Kuwait. Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~3.1 million people (3.7 million more people live in Washington).
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