Country size comparison

compared to

Italy is about 1.3 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 74.61% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (23.8 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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