Country size comparison

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United States is about 158 times bigger than West Virginia.

West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 15,669% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (335.5 million more people live in United States).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of West Virginia vs. United States uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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