Country size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 1.6 times smaller than New Zealand.
New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 64.11% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (1.7 million more people live in Washington).
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