Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 2 times smaller than Pakistan.
Pakistan is approximately 796,095 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 50.73% the size of Pakistan. Meanwhile, the population of Pakistan is ~242.9 million people (205.7 million fewer people live in California).
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