Country size comparison

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California is about 4.5 times bigger than Jordan.

Jordan is approximately 89,342 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 352% larger than Jordan. Meanwhile, the population of Jordan is ~11.0 million people (26.3 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Jordan vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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