Country size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 3.4 times smaller than Madagascar.
Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 29.36% the size of Madagascar. Meanwhile, the population of Madagascar is ~28.2 million people (21.4 million fewer people live in Washington).
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