Country size comparison
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California is about 1.4 times smaller than Botswana.
Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 69.43% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (34.9 million more people live in California).
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