Country size comparison
compared to
Switzerland is about 3.1 times smaller than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 32.72% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (1.0 million fewer people live in Switzerland).
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