Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 1.8 times bigger than Ireland.
Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 80% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (4.3 million more people live in North Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of
Ireland
vs.
North Carolina
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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