Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 4.6 times smaller than Botswana.
Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 21.69% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (7.2 million more people live in North Carolina).
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