State size comparison
compared to
California is about 1.6 times bigger than Wyoming.
Wyoming is approximately 251,489 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 61% larger than Wyoming. Meanwhile, the population of Wyoming is ~563,626 people (36.7 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
Wyoming
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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