Country size comparison

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West Virginia is around the same size as Latvia.

Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 96.55% the size of Latvia. Meanwhile, the population of Latvia is ~1.8 million people (10,768 more people live in West Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Latvia vs. West Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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