Country size comparison
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Malta is about 1,278 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Malta is approximately 316 sq km, making Malta 0.08% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.8 million fewer people live in Malta).
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