Virginia is about 1.2 times smaller than North Korea.

North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 85.08% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (18.0 million fewer people live in Virginia).
This to-scale comparison of North Korea vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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