Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 4.2 times smaller than Yemen.
Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 23.9% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (21.4 million fewer people live in North Carolina).
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