Country size comparison
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California is about 541 times bigger than Tonga.
Tonga is approximately 747 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 53,967% larger than Tonga. Meanwhile, the population of Tonga is ~105,517 people (37.1 million more people live in California).
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