Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 1.2 times bigger than Iceland.
Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 22% larger than Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~392,404 people (10.8 million more people live in North Carolina).
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