Country size comparison

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Washington is about 7 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 13.6% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (17.8 million fewer people live in Washington).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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