Country size comparison
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California is about 888 times bigger than Seychelles.
Seychelles is approximately 455 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 88,665% larger than Seychelles. Meanwhile, the population of Seychelles is ~97,017 people (37.2 million more people live in California).
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