Country size comparison
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Ghana is about 1.7 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Ghana is approximately 238,533 sq km, making Ghana 59.06% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (4.1 million fewer people live in Ghana).
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