Country size comparison

 California, USA
compared to
 China

California is about 24 times smaller than China.

China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 4.21% the size of China. Meanwhile, the population of China is ~1.4 billion people (1.4 billion fewer people live in California). We have positioned the outline of China near the middle of California.
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Flip comparison: see California on top of China
This to-scale comparison of China vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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