Country size comparison
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Saudi Arabia is about 17 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, making Saudi Arabia 1,604% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (25.8 million more people live in Saudi Arabia).
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