Country size comparison

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British Virgin Islands is about 2,675 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while British Virgin Islands is approximately 151 sq km, making British Virgin Islands 0.04% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (37.2 million fewer people live in British Virgin Islands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. British Virgin Islands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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