Country size comparison
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Bahamas is about 29 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Bahamas is approximately 13,880 sq km, making Bahamas 3.44% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.9 million fewer people live in Bahamas).
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