Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 9 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 808% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (5.6 million more people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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