Country size comparison
compared to
Russia is about 42 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km,
while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making
Russia 4,133% larger than California.
Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people
(104.8 million more people live in Russia).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Russia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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