Country size comparison
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Lesotho is about 4.2 times smaller than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, making Lesotho 24.06% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (7.3 million fewer people live in Lesotho).
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