Country size comparison
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Washington is about 1.4 times smaller than Romania.
Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 72.3% the size of Romania. Meanwhile, the population of Romania is ~18.5 million people (11.8 million fewer people live in Washington).
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