State size comparison
compared to
California is around the same size as Montana.
Montana is approximately 376,979 sq km,
while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making
California 7% larger than Montana.
Meanwhile, the population of Montana is ~989,415 people
(36.3 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
Montana
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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