Country size comparison

compared to

Portugal is about 4.4 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 22.8% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (27.0 million fewer people live in Portugal).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.