Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 1.3 times bigger than Italy.
Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km,
while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making
California 34% larger than Italy.
Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people
(23.8 million fewer people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
Italy
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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