Country size comparison
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Cabo Verde is about 100 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Cabo Verde is approximately 4,033 sq km, making Cabo Verde 1.0% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.7 million fewer people live in Cabo Verde).
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