State size comparison
compared to
Alaska is about 3.7 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 267% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.5 million fewer people live in Alaska).
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