Country size comparison

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California is about 4.4 times bigger than Portugal.

Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 339% larger than Portugal. Meanwhile, the population of Portugal is ~10.2 million people (27.0 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Portugal vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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