Country size comparison
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North Carolina is about 423 times bigger than Maldives.
Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 42,236% larger than Maldives. Meanwhile, the population of Maldives is ~390,164 people (9.1 million more people live in North Carolina).
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