Country size comparison
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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).
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