Country size comparison
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Italy is about 16 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 1,469% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (52.3 million more people live in Italy).
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