Country size comparison
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Eritrea is about 3.4 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 29.12% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (31.0 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
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