Country size comparison
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West Virginia is about 1.6 times smaller than South Korea.
South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 62.54% the size of South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (50.0 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
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