Country size comparison
compared to
Somalia is about 5 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 405% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (2.9 million more people live in Somalia).
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