New Mexico is about 1.3 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 77.82% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (35.2 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
This to-scale comparison of California vs. New Mexico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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