Country size comparison
compared to
Germany is around the same size as California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 88.4% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (47.1 million more people live in Germany).
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