Country size comparison
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Mali is about 3.1 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, making Mali 207% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (16.5 million fewer people live in Mali).
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