Country size comparison

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California is about 23 times bigger than Swaziland.

Swaziland is approximately 17,364 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 2,226% larger than Swaziland. Meanwhile, the population of Swaziland is ~1.1 million people (36.1 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Swaziland vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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