Shocking data comparison of sizes of US states and of countries

I just saw this list of U.S. states and territories by area.  Its shocking to read this list and realize how much smaller many countries around the world are than I actually thought.

For example, I didn’t know that California is larger than Japan, the Philippines, and New Zealand.

I did not know that Burma was a large country (I had thought it relatively small).  I did not know that Greece and Iceland are comparatively tiny, and so are Cambodia and Uruguay.

This list makes the world seem really small all of a sudden.