Country size comparison

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Nepal is about 1.2 times bigger than North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Nepal is approximately 147,181 sq km, making Nepal 17% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (21.1 million more people live in Nepal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. Nepal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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