State size comparison

 New Mexico, USA
compared to
 California, USA

New Mexico is about 1.3 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 77.82% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (35.2 million fewer people live in New Mexico). We have positioned the outline of California near the middle of New Mexico.
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Flip comparison: see New Mexico on top of California
This to-scale comparison of California vs. New Mexico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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