Country size comparison
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Kenya is about 9 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, making Kenya 831% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (54.0 million more people live in Kenya).
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