Country size comparison
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Montenegro is about 29 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Montenegro is approximately 13,812 sq km, making Montenegro 3.42% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.6 million fewer people live in Montenegro).
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