Country size comparison
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Hungary is about 4.3 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Hungary is approximately 93,028 sq km, making Hungary 23.03% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (27.6 million fewer people live in Hungary).
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