Rwanda is about 4.8 times smaller than North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 20.88% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (3.6 million more people live in Rwanda).
This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. Rwanda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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