Country size comparison
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Russia is about 136 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 13,453% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (132.5 million more people live in Russia).
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