Country size comparison
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Bolivia is about 2.7 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Bolivia is approximately 1,098,581 sq km, making Bolivia 172% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (25.2 million fewer people live in Bolivia).
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