State size comparison
compared to
California is about 2.7 times bigger than Georgia.
Georgia is approximately 149,976 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 169% larger than Georgia. Meanwhile, the population of Georgia is ~9.7 million people (27.6 million more people live in California).
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