Country size comparison
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California is about 143 times bigger than Samoa.
Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 14,166% larger than Samoa. Meanwhile, the population of Samoa is ~206,179 people (37.0 million more people live in California).
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