Country size comparison
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Cyprus is about 44 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Cyprus is approximately 9,251 sq km, making Cyprus 2.29% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.0 million fewer people live in Cyprus).
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