Country size comparison

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Sudan is about 4.6 times bigger than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Sudan is approximately 1,861,484 sq km, making Sudan 361% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (10.7 million more people live in Sudan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Sudan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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