Virgin Islands is about 173 times smaller than Vietnam.

Vietnam is approximately 331,210 sq km, while Virgin Islands is approximately 1,910 sq km, making Virgin Islands 0.58% the size of Vietnam. Meanwhile, the population of Vietnam is ~101.6 million people (101.5 million fewer people live in Virgin Islands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vietnam vs. Virgin Islands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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