Country size comparison
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Ethiopia is about 9 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 775% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (104.1 million more people live in Ethiopia).
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