Country size comparison
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Djibouti is about 17 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Djibouti is approximately 23,200 sq km, making Djibouti 5.74% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.3 million fewer people live in Djibouti).
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