Country size comparison
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Ethiopia is about 2.7 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 173% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (76.4 million more people live in Ethiopia).
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