Country size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 2.3 times smaller than Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 44.11% the size of Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, the population of Zimbabwe is ~15.1 million people (8.4 million fewer people live in Washington).
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