Country size comparison

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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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