Country size comparison

 California, USA
compared to
 France

California is about 1.4 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 73.23% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (31.1 million fewer people live in California). We have positioned the outline of France near the middle of California.
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Flip comparison: see California on top of France
This to-scale comparison of France vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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