Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 2.4 times smaller than Italy.
Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 41.87% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (51.6 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
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