Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 6 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 522% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (4.4 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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