Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 2.8 times smaller than Germany.
Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 35.34% the size of Germany. Meanwhile, the population of Germany is ~84.3 million people (74.8 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
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