Country size comparison

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California is about 39 times bigger than Lebanon.

Lebanon is approximately 10,400 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 3,783% larger than Lebanon. Meanwhile, the population of Lebanon is ~5.3 million people (32.0 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lebanon vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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