Country size comparison

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France is about 1.4 times bigger than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 37% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (31.1 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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