Country size comparison
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Macau is about 4,474 times smaller than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Macau is approximately 28 sq km, making Macau 0.02% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (8.9 million fewer people live in Macau).
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