Virginia is about 2.6 times smaller than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 38.55% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (7.3 million more people live in Virginia).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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