Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 2.9 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 34.03% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~58.9 million people (50.0 million fewer people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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