Country size comparison
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Jordan is about 4.5 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Jordan is approximately 89,342 sq km, making Jordan 22.12% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (26.3 million fewer people live in Jordan).
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