Country size comparison
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California is about 14,322 times bigger than Macau.
Macau is approximately 28 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 1,432,106% larger than Macau. Meanwhile, the population of Macau is ~635,293 people (36.6 million more people live in California).
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