Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 5 times bigger than Panama.
Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 436% larger than Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.3 million people (32.9 million more people live in California).
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