Country size comparison
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North Carolina is about 1.4 times smaller than Uruguay.
Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 71.59% the size of Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (6.1 million more people live in North Carolina).
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