Country size comparison

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Washington is about 1.3 times bigger than Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 32% larger than Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (422,660 more people live in Washington).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nicaragua vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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