Country size comparison
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Malta is about 61 times smaller than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Malta is approximately 316 sq km, making Malta 1.64% the size of New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (8.3 million fewer people live in Malta).
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