Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 2.1 times smaller than Gabon.
Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 47.13% the size of Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.3 million people (7.2 million more people live in North Carolina).
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