Country size comparison
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Kyrgyzstan is about 2 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Kyrgyzstan is approximately 199,951 sq km, making Kyrgyzstan 49.51% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (31.2 million fewer people live in Kyrgyzstan).
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