Country size comparison

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Virginia is around the same size as Portugal.

Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 11% larger than Portugal. Meanwhile, the population of Portugal is ~10.2 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Portugal vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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