Country size comparison
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Gambia is about 11 times smaller than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, making Gambia 8.96% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (7.1 million fewer people live in Gambia).
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