State size comparison

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Washington is about 45 times bigger than Sydney.

Sydney (the 30 councils of metropolitan Sydney, without the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Wollondilly and the Central Coast) is approximately 3,810 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 4,424% larger than Sydney.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sydney vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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