Country size comparison
compared to
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).
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