Country size comparison

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Washington is about 2.9 times smaller than Spain.

Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 34.1% the size of Spain. Meanwhile, the population of Spain is ~47.2 million people (40.4 million fewer people live in Washington).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Spain vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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