Country size comparison
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California is about 35 times bigger than Qatar.
Qatar is approximately 11,586 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 3,386% larger than Qatar. Meanwhile, the population of Qatar is ~2.5 million people (34.7 million more people live in California).
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