Virginia is 1.05× the size of South Korea

What fits

• South Korea is 95% of the size of Virginia.
• Virginia is larger by 5,180 km² (2,000 mi²), which is 5.3% of the area of South Korea.
• Measured in Belgiums: Virginia is about 3.38, South Korea about 3.21.

How they differ

• Virginia is larger, but South Korea has the larger population: 51.5 million against 8.6 million, 5.96× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 522 in South Korea against 83 in Virginia: South Korea is 6.28× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,400 km apart.
• Together Virginia and South Korea cover 202,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 1.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 5,180 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
• At South Korea's density, Virginia would have 54.2 million people (it has 8.6 million). At Virginia's density, South Korea would have 8.2 million (it has 51.5 million).
• Virginia's centre is 1.2° of latitude, about 130 km, farther north than South Korea's.
• Virginia is the 37th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
• South Korea ranks 109th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Both lie at about the same latitude, 38°N and 36°N.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Virginia would have about 12,020 m² and each person in South Korea about 1,910 m².
• Laid side by side, Virginia and South Korea would cover 202,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
• Together they have 60.1 million people, about as many people as Italy.
• Counted as a country, Virginia would rank 107th by area and 100th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2017. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 104,000 km² is 6.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 100,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 98,500 km², to within 2%.

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