Country size comparison
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Washington is about 578 times bigger than Maldives.
Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 57,735% larger than Maldives. Meanwhile, the population of Maldives is ~390,164 people (6.3 million more people live in Washington).
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