Country size comparison
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Libya is about 4.4 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 336% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (30.1 million fewer people live in Libya).
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