Country size comparison
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California is about 15 times bigger than Burundi.
Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 1,351% larger than Burundi. Meanwhile, the population of Burundi is ~12.7 million people (24.6 million more people live in California).
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