Country size comparison
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Niger is about 10 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 904% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (14.9 million more people live in Niger).
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