Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 11 times bigger than Taiwan.
Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 1,023% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (13.7 million more people live in California).
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