Country size comparison
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Indonesia is about 4.7 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Indonesia is approximately 1,904,569 sq km, making Indonesia 372% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (240.1 million more people live in Indonesia).
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