Country size comparison

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Senegal is about 1.9 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Senegal is approximately 196,722 sq km, making Senegal 92% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (9.9 million more people live in Senegal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Senegal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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