State size comparison
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Pennsylvania is about 1.5 times smaller than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 67.35% the size of Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~8.0 million people (5.1 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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