Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 2.8 times bigger than Tajikistan.
Tajikistan is approximately 144,100 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 180% larger than Tajikistan. Meanwhile, the population of Tajikistan is ~9.1 million people (28.1 million more people live in California).
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