Country size comparison
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Sierra Leone is about 1.4 times smaller than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, making Sierra Leone 69.96% the size of Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (691,582 more people live in Sierra Leone).
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