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California vs Saskatchewan Geography
Land area
- California has a land area of 155,859 square miles (403,673 km²), while Saskatchewan has 228,445 square miles (591,670 km²).
- Saskatchewan's land area is 1.5 times (47%) larger than California's.
Total area
- California: 163,694 square miles (423,965 km²) vs Saskatchewan: 251,366 square miles (651,036 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Saskatchewan's total area is 1.5 times (54%) larger than California's.
Length
- California is 761 miles (1,224 km) long from north to south; Saskatchewan is 796 miles (1,282 km).
- California and Saskatchewan have about the same north-south length.
Width
- California spans 706 miles (1,137 km) east to west; Saskatchewan spans 391 miles (630 km).
- California's east-west width is 1.8 times (81%) wider than Saskatchewan's.
Highest point
- California's highest point is Mount Whitney at 14,484 feet (4,415 m); Saskatchewan's is Cypress Hills at 4,567 feet (1,392 m).
- Mount Whitney is 9,917 feet higher than Cypress Hills.
Lowest point
- California's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Saskatchewan's is Lake Athabasca at 699 feet.
- California's lowest point is 978 feet lower.
California vs Saskatchewan Population and History
Population
- California has a population of 39,431,263 (2024), while Saskatchewan has 1,265,936 (2026).
- California's population is 31.1 times larger than Saskatchewan's.
Population density
- California: 253.0 people per square mile vs Saskatchewan: 5.5.
- California's population density is 46.0 times higher than Saskatchewan's.
Biggest city
- California's biggest city is Los Angeles with 3,878,704 people; Saskatchewan's is Saskatoon with 266,141.
- Los Angeles' population is 14.6 times larger than Saskatoon's.
Largest metro area
- California's largest metropolitan area is Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area (12,927,614 people) vs Saskatchewan's Saskatoon CMA (317,480).
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area's population is 40.7 times larger than Saskatoon CMA's.
History
- California: Admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850, as the 31st state.
- Saskatchewan: Joined Confederation on September 1, 1905.
- In its current form, California is the older of the two by 55 years.
California vs Saskatchewan Economy
GDP
- California's GDP is $4,048.1 billion (2024) vs Saskatchewan's $82.4 billion.
- California's economic output is 49.1 times larger than Saskatchewan's.
GDP per capita
- California: $102,662 per person vs Saskatchewan: $66,019.
- California's GDP per capita is 1.6 times (56%) higher than Saskatchewan's.
Official Websites
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