Country size comparison

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North Carolina is about 1.2 times smaller than Nepal.

Nepal is approximately 147,181 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 85.72% the size of Nepal. Meanwhile, the population of Nepal is ~30.7 million people (21.1 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nepal vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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