Country size comparison
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California is about 13 times bigger than Lesotho.
Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 1,231% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (35.1 million more people live in California).
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