Virginia is about 1.4 times bigger than Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 43% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (691,582 fewer people live in Virginia).
This to-scale comparison of Sierra Leone vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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