Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 42 times smaller than Russia.
Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km,
while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making
California 2.36% the size of Russia.
Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people
(104.8 million fewer people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
Russia
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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