Country size comparison

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Ghana is about 2.3 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Ghana is approximately 238,533 sq km, making Ghana 133% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (25.1 million more people live in Ghana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Ghana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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