Country size comparison
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Washington is about 11 times smaller than Mexico.
Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 8.77% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~129.2 million people (122.4 million fewer people live in Washington).
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