California is about 1.2 times smaller than Spain.

Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 79.92% the size of Spain. Meanwhile, the population of Spain is ~47.2 million people (9.9 million fewer people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of Spain vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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