California is around the same size as Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan is approximately 447,400 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 90.27% the size of Uzbekistan. Meanwhile, the population of Uzbekistan is ~31.1 million people (6.1 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of Uzbekistan vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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