Country size comparison
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Libya is about 92 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 9,059% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (1.7 million fewer people live in Libya).
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