California is about 1.9 times smaller than Turkey.

Turkey is approximately 783,562 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 51.54% the size of Turkey. Meanwhile, the population of Turkey is ~83.0 million people (45.8 million fewer people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of Turkey vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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