Country size comparison
compared to
Belgium is about 2 times smaller than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 48.95% the size of West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (10.0 million more people live in Belgium).
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