Country size comparison
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Russia is about 274 times bigger than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 27,318% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (140.2 million more people live in Russia).
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