Country size comparison
compared to
Slovakia is about 1.3 times smaller than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Slovakia is approximately 49,035 sq km, making Slovakia 78.63% the size of West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (3.6 million more people live in Slovakia).
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