Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 5 times smaller than Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 18.79% the size of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the population of Saudi Arabia is ~35.4 million people (1.9 million more people live in California).
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