Country size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 2.6 times smaller than Sweden.
Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 38.27% the size of Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (3.8 million fewer people live in Washington).
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