Country size comparison

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Ethiopia is about 11 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 977% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (105.7 million more people live in Ethiopia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Ethiopia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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