Country size comparison
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Australia is about 124 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 12,314% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (24.3 million more people live in Australia).
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