Country size comparison
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Canada is about 160 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Canada is approximately 9,984,670 sq km, making Canada 15,911% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (36.4 million more people live in Canada).
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