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).
This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Sierra Leone uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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