Country size comparison
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California is about 1.7 times bigger than Ghana.
Ghana is approximately 238,533 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 69% larger than Ghana. Meanwhile, the population of Ghana is ~33.1 million people (4.1 million more people live in California).
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