Country size comparison

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California is about 3.2 times smaller than Peru.

Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 31.43% the size of Peru. Meanwhile, the population of Peru is ~32.3 million people (5.0 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Peru vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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