Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 8 times smaller than Egypt.
Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 12.6% the size of Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~118.4 million people (107.2 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
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