Country size comparison
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Republic of the Congo is about 1.2 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 84.68% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (31.7 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
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