Country size comparison
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Algeria is about 6 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, making Algeria 490% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (6.9 million more people live in Algeria).
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