Country size comparison
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Croatia is about 7 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Croatia is approximately 56,594 sq km, making Croatia 14.01% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (33.1 million fewer people live in Croatia).
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