South Carolina is about 96 times bigger than Kiribati.

Kiribati is approximately 811 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 9,516% larger than Kiribati. Meanwhile, the population of Kiribati is ~114,189 people (4.5 million more people live in South Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kiribati vs. South Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.