Country size comparison
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France is about 29 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 2,771% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (59.5 million more people live in France).
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