Mali is about 10 times bigger than North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, making Mali 883% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (11.2 million more people live in Mali).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. Mali uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.