Country size comparison
compared to
Sri Lanka is around the same size as West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, making Sri Lanka 5% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (21.3 million more people live in Sri Lanka).
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