Country size comparison
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North Carolina is about 1.9 times smaller than Laos.
Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 53.28% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (1.8 million more people live in North Carolina).
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