Country size comparison

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California is about 11 times bigger than Bhutan.

Bhutan is approximately 38,394 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 952% larger than Bhutan. Meanwhile, the population of Bhutan is ~867,775 people (36.4 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bhutan vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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