Country size comparison

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California is about 1.3 times smaller than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 76.5% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (6.3 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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