Country size comparison
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Liberia is about 3.6 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Liberia is approximately 111,369 sq km, making Liberia 27.57% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (31.9 million fewer people live in Liberia).
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