Country size comparison
compared to
Christmas Island is about 2,992 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, making Christmas Island 0.03% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (37.3 million fewer people live in Christmas Island).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Christmas Island
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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