Country size comparison

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California is about 6 times smaller than Algeria.

Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 16.96% the size of Algeria. Meanwhile, the population of Algeria is ~44.2 million people (6.9 million fewer people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Algeria vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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