North Carolina is about 3 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 33.38% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (114.7 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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