Country size comparison
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New Jersey is about 1.6 times smaller than Lesotho.
Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 63.29% the size of Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (6.6 million more people live in New Jersey).
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