Country size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 1.6 times smaller than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 64.7% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (21.3 million fewer people live in South Carolina).
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