Country size comparison
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Cuba is about 3.6 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Cuba is approximately 110,860 sq km, making Cuba 27.45% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (26.2 million fewer people live in Cuba).
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