Country size comparison
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California is about 14 times bigger than Albania.
Albania is approximately 28,748 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 1,305% larger than Albania. Meanwhile, the population of Albania is ~3.1 million people (34.2 million more people live in California).
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