Country size comparison
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El Salvador is about 4.9 times smaller than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 20.52% the size of Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (1.4 million fewer people live in El Salvador).
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