State size comparison
California, USA
compared to
Washington, USA
California is about 2.3 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 134% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (30.5 million more people live in California).
We have positioned the outline of Washington near the middle of California.
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This to-scale comparison of
Washington
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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