Country size comparison
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El Salvador is about 6 times smaller than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 16.68% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in El Salvador).
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