Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 1.9 times smaller than Senegal.

Senegal is approximately 196,722 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 52.13% the size of Senegal. Meanwhile, the population of Senegal is ~17.9 million people (9.9 million fewer people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Senegal vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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