Country size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 17 times smaller than Norway.
Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 5.93% the size of Norway. Meanwhile, the population of Norway is ~5.6 million people (3.2 million more people live in New Jersey).
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