Country size comparison

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Washington is about 10 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 9.8% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (413,391 fewer people live in Washington).
This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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