Country size comparison
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California is about 1.7 times bigger than Romania.
Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 69% larger than Romania. Meanwhile, the population of Romania is ~18.5 million people (18.7 million more people live in California).
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