Country size comparison
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Barbados is about 939 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Barbados is approximately 430 sq km, making Barbados 0.11% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (37.0 million fewer people live in Barbados).
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