Country size comparison
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California is about 3.1 times smaller than Niger.
Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 31.88% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (12.8 million more people live in California).
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