Country size comparison
compared to
Hong Kong is about 56 times smaller than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Hong Kong is approximately 1,108 sq km, making Hong Kong 1.78% the size of West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (5.4 million more people live in Hong Kong).
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