Country size comparison

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Germany is around the same size as California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 88.4% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~39.4 million people (44.1 million more people live in Germany).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Germany uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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