Country size comparison
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Japan is about 20 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 1,867% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (115.4 million more people live in Japan).
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