Country size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 2.4 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km,
while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making
Washington 140% larger than Sierra Leone.
Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people
(2.0 million fewer people live in Washington).
This to-scale comparison of
Sierra Leone
vs.
Washington
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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