Country size comparison
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Aruba is about 701 times smaller than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Aruba is approximately 180 sq km, making Aruba 0.14% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (9.4 million fewer people live in Aruba).
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