Country size comparison
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Chad is about 3.2 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Chad is approximately 1,284,000 sq km, making Chad 218% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (19.3 million fewer people live in Chad).
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