Country size comparison
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Macau is about 14,322 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Macau is approximately 28 sq km, making Macau 0.01% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.6 million fewer people live in Macau).
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