Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 2.2 times smaller than Ecuador.
Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 44.49% the size of Ecuador. Meanwhile, the population of Ecuador is ~17.3 million people (7.8 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
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