Country size comparison

compared to

North Carolina is about 4.1 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 313% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (2.3 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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