Country size comparison

compared to

California is about 18 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 1,741% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (28.3 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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