Country size comparison
compared to
Mexico is about 4.9 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, making Mexico 386% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~39.4 million people (92.6 million more people live in Mexico).
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