Country size comparison

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California is about 1.2 times bigger than Vietnam.

Vietnam is approximately 331,210 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 22% larger than Vietnam. Meanwhile, the population of Vietnam is ~103.8 million people (66.6 million fewer people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vietnam vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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