State size comparison

compared to

California is about 2,437 times bigger than Amsterdam.

Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 243,555% larger than Amsterdam.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Amsterdam vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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