State size comparison
compared to
Georgia is about 2.7 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Georgia is approximately 149,976 sq km, making Georgia 37.13% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (27.6 million fewer people live in Georgia).
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