Country size comparison
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Washington is about 6 times bigger than Lesotho.
Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 468% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (4.5 million more people live in Washington).
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