Country size comparison

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San Francisco is about 4,558 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 0.02% the size of France.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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