Country size comparison
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Washington is about 12 times smaller than Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 8.02% the size of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the population of Saudi Arabia is ~35.4 million people (28.6 million fewer people live in Washington).
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