Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 2.7 times bigger than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is approximately 148,460 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 172% larger than Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the population of Bangladesh is ~165.7 million people (128.4 million fewer people live in California).
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