Country size comparison

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California is about 37 times bigger than Jamaica.

Jamaica is approximately 10,991 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 3,575% larger than Jamaica. Meanwhile, the population of Jamaica is ~2.8 million people (34.4 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Jamaica vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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