Country size comparison
compared to
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 (31.7 million more people live in California).
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