Country size comparison

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North Carolina is about 4 times smaller than Spain.

Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 24.96% the size of Spain. Meanwhile, the population of Spain is ~47.2 million people (37.6 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Spain vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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