Country size comparison
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West Virginia is about 6 times smaller than Germany.
Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 17.47% the size of Germany. Meanwhile, the population of Germany is ~84.3 million people (82.5 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
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