Country size comparison
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California is about 6 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 463% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.8 million people (30.5 million more people live in California).
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