Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 3.6 times smaller than Sweden.
Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 28.02% the size of Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (948,164 fewer people live in North Carolina).
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