Country size comparison

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California is about 2.5 times smaller than Egypt.

Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 40.33% the size of Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~107.8 million people (70.5 million fewer people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Egypt vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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