California is about 21 times smaller than Brazil.

Brazil is approximately 8,515,770 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 4.74% the size of Brazil. Meanwhile, the population of Brazil is ~217.2 million people (180.0 million fewer people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of Brazil vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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