Country size comparison
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North Carolina is about 78 times smaller than United States.
United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 1.28% the size of United States. Meanwhile, the population of United States is ~337.3 million people (327.8 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
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