Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 9 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 824% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (55.9 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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