State size comparison

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California is about 1,432 times bigger than Geneva.

Geneva (including the canton) is approximately 282 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 143,121% larger than Geneva.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Geneva vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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