Country size comparison
compared to
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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