Country size comparison
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Turkmenistan is about 1.2 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, making Turkmenistan 21% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (31.6 million fewer people live in Turkmenistan).
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