Country size comparison
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Germany is about 6 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 473% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (82.5 million more people live in Germany).
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