Country size comparison

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California is about 1.4 times smaller than Kenya.

Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 69.59% the size of Kenya. Meanwhile, the population of Kenya is ~55.9 million people (18.6 million fewer people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kenya vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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