Country size comparison

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California is about 2,992 times bigger than Christmas Island.

Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 299,072% larger than Christmas Island. Meanwhile, the population of Christmas Island is ~2,205 people (37.3 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of Christmas Island vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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