Country size comparison
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Solomon Islands is about 14 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Solomon Islands is approximately 28,896 sq km, making Solomon Islands 7.15% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.6 million fewer people live in Solomon Islands).
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