Country size comparison

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Timor-Leste is about 27 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Timor-Leste is approximately 14,874 sq km, making Timor-Leste 3.68% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (35.8 million fewer people live in Timor-Leste).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Timor-Leste uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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