Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 1.8 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 76% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (842,877 more people live in North Carolina).
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