Country size comparison
compared to
Portugal is about 1.4 times smaller than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 72.99% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~11.2 million people (393,097 fewer people live in Portugal).
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