Virginia is about 2.7 times smaller than Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 37.4% the size of Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (13.9 million fewer people live in Virginia).
This to-scale comparison of Burkina Faso vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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