Country size comparison
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Germany is about 2.8 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 183% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (74.8 million more people live in Germany).
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