State size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 1.8 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km,
while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making
New Mexico 82% larger than Washington.
Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people
(4.7 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
This to-scale comparison of
Washington
vs.
New Mexico
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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