Country size comparison

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California is about 1.9 times smaller than Chile.

Chile is approximately 756,102 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 53.42% the size of Chile. Meanwhile, the population of Chile is ~18.4 million people (18.8 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chile vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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