Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 2.3 times bigger than Uruguay.
Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 129% larger than Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (33.8 million more people live in California).
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