Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 12 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 8.09% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (16.5 million fewer people live in Virginia).
This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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