Country size comparison
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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).
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