Country size comparison
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Faroe Islands is about 290 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Faroe Islands is approximately 1,393 sq km, making Faroe Islands 0.34% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (37.2 million fewer people live in Faroe Islands).
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