Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 13 times bigger than Belgium.
Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 1,223% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (25.4 million more people live in California).
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