North Carolina is about 9 times smaller than Colombia.

Colombia is approximately 1,138,910 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 11.08% the size of Colombia. Meanwhile, the population of Colombia is ~49.1 million people (39.5 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Colombia vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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