Country size comparison
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Moldova is about 12 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Moldova is approximately 33,851 sq km, making Moldova 8.38% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (34.0 million fewer people live in Moldova).
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