Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 5 times smaller than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 19.42% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (23.0 million fewer people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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