Country size comparison
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United States is about 78 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 7,694% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (327.8 million more people live in United States).
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