Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 9 times smaller than Tanzania.

Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 10.83% the size of Tanzania. Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania is ~63.9 million people (55.9 million fewer people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tanzania vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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