Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 1.9 times bigger than Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 92% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (13.7 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
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