Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 3.7 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 27.14% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (116.2 million fewer people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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