Country size comparison
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Iceland is about 5 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 436% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~9.5 million people (9.2 million fewer people live in Iceland).
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