Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 34 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 3,295% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (29.6 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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