Country size comparison

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California is about 1.2 times bigger than Norway.

Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 25% larger than Norway. Meanwhile, the population of Norway is ~5.6 million people (33.7 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Norway vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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