Country size comparison
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New Jersey is about 2.2 times smaller than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 46.24% the size of Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (8.6 million fewer people live in New Jersey).
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