Country size comparison
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Greenland is about 5 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Greenland is approximately 2,166,086 sq km, making Greenland 436% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (37.2 million fewer people live in Greenland).
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