Country size comparison

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Italy is about 2.9 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 194% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (53.1 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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