Country size comparison

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North Carolina is about 10 times bigger than Vanuatu.

Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 935% larger than Vanuatu. Meanwhile, the population of Vanuatu is ~308,043 people (9.2 million more people live in North Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vanuatu vs. North Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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