Country size comparison

compared to

California is about 1.5 times smaller than Ukraine.

Ukraine is approximately 603,550 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 66.92% the size of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the population of Ukraine is ~43.5 million people (6.3 million fewer people live in California).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ukraine vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.