Country size comparison
compared to
Iceland is about 1.6 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 65% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (1.5 million fewer people live in Iceland).
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