Country size comparison
compared to
Libya is about 14 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 1,295% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (2.4 million fewer people live in Libya).
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