Country size comparison
compared to
California is around the same size as Germany.
Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 13% larger than Germany. Meanwhile, the population of Germany is ~84.3 million people (47.1 million fewer people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
Germany
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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