Country size comparison
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Vietnam is about 1.2 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Vietnam is approximately 331,210 sq km, making Vietnam 82.01% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (66.6 million more people live in Vietnam).
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