Country size comparison
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Iran is about 86 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 8,479% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (78.0 million more people live in Iran).
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