Country size comparison
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Swaziland is about 23 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Swaziland is approximately 17,364 sq km, making Swaziland 4.3% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.1 million fewer people live in Swaziland).
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