Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 2.4 times bigger than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 135% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (26.6 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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