Country size comparison
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Egypt is about 2.5 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, making Egypt 148% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (70.5 million more people live in Egypt).
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