Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 1.9 times smaller than Romania.
Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 52.92% the size of Romania. Meanwhile, the population of Romania is ~18.5 million people (9.0 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
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