Country size comparison
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Luxembourg is about 156 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Luxembourg is approximately 2,586 sq km, making Luxembourg 0.64% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.6 million fewer people live in Luxembourg).
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