Country size comparison
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Washington is about 4.4 times smaller than Zambia.
Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 22.9% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (12.9 million fewer people live in Washington).
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