Country size comparison
compared to
California is around the same size as Paraguay.
Paraguay is approximately 406,752 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 99.29% the size of Paraguay. Meanwhile, the population of Paraguay is ~7.4 million people (29.9 million more people live in California).
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