Country size comparison

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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 ~123.4 million people (84.0 million fewer people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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