Country size comparison
compared to
Washington is around the same size as Syria.
Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 91.95% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (14.8 million fewer people live in Washington).
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