Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 167 times smaller than Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 0.6% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~143.5 million people (134.6 million fewer people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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