Country size comparison
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New Jersey is about 18 times smaller than Republic of the Congo.
Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 5.62% the size of Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (3.2 million more people live in New Jersey).
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