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US Virgin Islands vs Scotland Geography
Land area: US Virgin Islands has a land area of 134 square miles (346 km²), while Scotland has 30,090 square miles (77,933 km²). Scotland's land area is 225.2 times larger than US Virgin Islands'.
Total area: US Virgin Islands: 737 square miles (1,910 km²) vs Scotland: 30,090 square miles (77,933 km²), including inland and coastal water. Scotland's total area is 40.8 times larger than US Virgin Islands'.
Length: US Virgin Islands is 47 miles (76 km) long from north to south; Scotland is 440 miles (708 km). Scotland's north-south length is 9.4 times (836%) longer than US Virgin Islands'.
Width: US Virgin Islands spans 52 miles (83 km) east to west; Scotland spans 313 miles (504 km). Scotland's east-west width is 6.0 times (502%) wider than US Virgin Islands'.
Highest point: US Virgin Islands's highest point is Crown Mountain at 1,555 feet (474 m); Scotland's is Ben Nevis at 4,413 feet (1,345 m). Ben Nevis is 2,858 feet higher than Crown Mountain.
Lowest point: US Virgin Islands's lowest point is Caribbean Sea at 0 feet; Scotland's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet. Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
US Virgin Islands vs Scotland Population and History
Population: US Virgin Islands has a population of 87,146 (2020), while Scotland has 5,480,000 (2022). Scotland's population is 62.9 times larger than US Virgin Islands'.
Population density: US Virgin Islands: 650.3 people per square mile vs Scotland: 182.1. US Virgin Islands' population density is 3.6 times (257%) higher than Scotland's.
History: US Virgin Islands: A US territory since 1917, purchased from Denmark. Scotland: A country within the United Kingdom; a kingdom from the 9th century until the 1707 union with England. In its current form, Scotland is the older of the two by 1,074 years.
Official Websites
US Virgin Islands official website · Scotland official website
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Area, elevation and boundary figures come from official national statistics and US Census Bureau and Natural Earth boundary data; US state population, economic, county and tax figures come from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Tax Foundation. Figures are rounded and for general reference.