Country size comparison
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Estonia is about 9 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Estonia is approximately 45,228 sq km, making Estonia 11.2% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.0 million fewer people live in Estonia).
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