Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 2.6 times smaller than Malaysia.
Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 38.25% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (24.3 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
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