Country size comparison
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California is about 1.9 times smaller than Zambia.
Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 53.66% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (17.6 million more people live in California).
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