Country size comparison
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North Carolina is about 10 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 10.35% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (48.0 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
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