Country size comparison
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Macedonia is about 16 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Macedonia is approximately 25,713 sq km, making Macedonia 6.37% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (35.1 million fewer people live in Macedonia).
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