Country size comparison

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Russia is about 167 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 16,573% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (134.0 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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