Country size comparison
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California is about 211 times bigger than Virgin Islands.
Virgin Islands is approximately 1,910 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 21,046% larger than Virgin Islands. Meanwhile, the population of Virgin Islands is ~105,413 people (37.1 million more people live in California).
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