Like, you know, really big. Drag and drop countries around the map to compare their relative size. Advertisements . Compare the size of geographical areas. California is around the same size as Vietnam. It shows that California has the same size economy as France. Compared to other countries, Italy is very small, and compared to California, it is just over 47 thousand miles larger. However, those stats may not give you a great idea of how California’s girth actually compares to different countries, since size is often better understood visually. Both have nearly $2.54 trillion in output. And if you look at the land area of the entire county, now we’re talking about something along the lines of 4,700 square miles of land, ranging from Lancaster at the northern tip to the edges of Long Beach in the southern portion. Select Area. This is where the below maps come in. Together, the remaining western states produce $1.8 trillion in GDP, almost the equivalent of Italy’s, the world’s eighth-largest economy, with $1.81 trillion in output. This suggests that, in productivity terms, the US outperforms its European cousins. Brian is the co-founder of We Like L.A. and a lifelong fan of puns, the Lakers, and late night tacos. Total land are is about 156,000 square miles for CA, and 115,000 for Italy. Like, you know, really big. California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 74.61% the size of California. Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 34% larger than Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~62.1 million people (24.9 million fewer people live in California). Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (24.9 million more people live in Italy). The L.A. city limits contain a land area of 469 square miles, with a population of some 3.8 million people at a density of over 27,000 people per square mile. As many of readers will understand, when angelenos think of Los Angeles, many of our interpretations extend to a much larger scope. If California were a country, it's $1.958 trillion economy would be the world's tenth largest, at least when measured by purchasing power parity. But to understand the true scale of those numbers sometimes you need to do a little comparison. Texas is 6X bigger than North Korea. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa? India is actually bigger than Greenland. Los Angeles is big. Surprisingly enough, if California were a country it would also be considered relatively big, ranking as the 59th largest country by area out of around 200 countries, just a tad larger than Paraguay. Follow him on Twitter @bchampLA, COVID-19 Hospitalizations of Young People Continue To Rise in L.A. County, Indoor Gyms, Worship Services, Salons Must Close Again, L.A. Unified Will Not Start Classes in Person On Aug. 18, Garcetti: A Test is Not a Passport to Party, Inspectors Say Most Restaurants Followed COVID Rules 4th of July Weekend, Majority of Californians Think State Reopening Too Soon, New Survey Finds, L.A. County Reports Over 4,000 New COVID-19 Cases.