Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 2.6 times smaller than Norway.
Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 38.96% the size of Norway. Meanwhile, the population of Norway is ~5.6 million people (4.0 million more people live in North Carolina).
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