Country size comparison
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Peru is about 21 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, making Peru 1,961% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (30.4 million more people live in Peru).
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