Country size comparison
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California is about 6 times bigger than Latvia.
Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 525% larger than Latvia. Meanwhile, the population of Latvia is ~1.8 million people (35.4 million more people live in California).
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