Country size comparison

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Virginia is around the same size as Guatemala.

Guatemala is approximately 108,889 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 94.18% the size of Guatemala. Meanwhile, the population of Guatemala is ~18.7 million people (9.8 million fewer people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Guatemala vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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