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 ~10.1 million people (29.2 million more people live in California).
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