Country size comparison
compared to
Spain is about 1.2 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, making Spain 25% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (9.9 million more people live in Spain).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Spain
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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