Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 5 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 18.59% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (60.3 million fewer people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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