Country size comparison
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Nepal is about 2.7 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Nepal is approximately 147,181 sq km, making Nepal 36.44% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (6.6 million fewer people live in Nepal).
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