State size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 1.8 times smaller than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 54.83% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (4.7 million more people live in Washington).
This to-scale comparison of
New Mexico
vs.
Washington
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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