Country size comparison

compared to

North Carolina is about 3.1 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 206% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (1.0 million more people live in North Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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