Country size comparison
compared to
Virgin Islands is about 69 times smaller than Alabama.
Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Virgin Islands is approximately 1,910 sq km, making Virgin Islands 1.45% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (4.7 million fewer people live in Virgin Islands).
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