Country size comparison

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North Carolina is about 45 times bigger than Samoa.

Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 4,356% larger than Samoa. Meanwhile, the population of Samoa is ~206,179 people (9.3 million more people live in North Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Samoa vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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