Country size comparison

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Greenland is about 17 times bigger than North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Greenland is approximately 2,166,086 sq km, making Greenland 1,617% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (9.5 million fewer people live in Greenland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. Greenland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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