Country size comparison
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Norway is about 1.2 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, making Norway 80.17% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (31.7 million fewer people live in Norway).
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