Country size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 2 times smaller than Republic of the Congo.
Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 50.39% the size of Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (1.2 million more people live in Washington).
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