Country size comparison
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Albania is about 14 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Albania is approximately 28,748 sq km, making Albania 7.12% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (34.2 million fewer people live in Albania).
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