US state 路 true size
Countries the size of California
California covers 158,000 sq mi (410,000 km虏). That is bigger than 138 of the world's 197 countries. The closest match is Paraguay.
ParaguayCaliforniaSame scale, no Mercator stretch
Try any country over California
Countries about California's size
- Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan is about the same size as California
- Cameroon: Cameroon is about the same size as California
- Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea is about the same size as California
- Yemen: Yemen is about the same size as California
- Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan is about the same size as California
- Sweden: Sweden is about the same size as California
- Iraq: Iraq is about the same size as California
- Paraguay: Paraguay is about the same size as California
- Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe is about the same size as California
- Norway: Norway is about the same size as California
- Japan: Japan is about the same size as California
- Germany: California is 1.2 times the size of Germany
California vs big-name countries
- Japan: Japan is about the same size as California
- United Kingdom: California is 1.7 times the size of United Kingdom
- Germany: California is 1.2 times the size of Germany
- France: France is 1.5 times the size of California
- Italy: California is 1.4 times the size of Italy
- South Korea: California is 4.2 times the size of South Korea
- Brazil: Brazil is 21 times the size of California
- Russia: Russia is 41 times the size of California
- Australia: Australia is 19 times the size of California
- India: India is 7.7 times the size of California
- Mexico: Mexico is 4.8 times the size of California
- Canada: Canada is 24 times the size of California
Other states
Montana 路 0.9脳New Mexico 路 0.8脳Arizona 路 0.7脳Nevada 路 0.7脳Colorado 路 0.7脳Wyoming 路 0.6脳Oregon 路 0.6脳Texas 路 1.7脳
Areas come from Natural Earth borders measured on the globe (equal-area), so they can differ a little from official figures that count water differently. Crossing is the widest straight line across the main landmass.