Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 17 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 5.83% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (863,093 more people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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