Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 9 times bigger than Denmark.
Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 837% larger than Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~6.0 million people (33.3 million more people live in California).
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