Country size comparison
compared to
Gambia is about 36 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, making Gambia 2.8% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (34.8 million fewer people live in Gambia).
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California
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Gambia
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