Country size comparison

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China is about 11,371 times bigger than San Diego.

San Diego is approximately 844 sq km, while China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, making China 1,136,954% larger than San Diego.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Diego vs. China uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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