Country size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 9 times smaller than Kenya.
Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 10.75% the size of Kenya. Meanwhile, the population of Kenya is ~55.9 million people (54.0 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
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