Country size comparison

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Romania is about 1.7 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, making Romania 59.02% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (18.7 million fewer people live in Romania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Romania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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