Country size comparison
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Argentina is about 7 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Argentina is approximately 2,780,400 sq km, making Argentina 588% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (9.0 million more people live in Argentina).
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