Country size comparison
compared to
California is around the same size as Japan.
Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km,
while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making
California 7% larger than Japan.
Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people
(87.0 million fewer people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
Japan
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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