Country size comparison
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West Virginia is about 158 times smaller than United States.
United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 0.63% the size of United States. Meanwhile, the population of United States is ~337.3 million people (335.5 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
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