Country size comparison
compared to
Iceland is about 1.3 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 32% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (4.3 million fewer people live in Iceland).
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