California is about 17 times bigger than Djibouti.

Djibouti is approximately 23,200 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 1,641% larger than Djibouti. Meanwhile, the population of Djibouti is ~957,273 people (36.3 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of Djibouti vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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