Country size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 890 times smaller than Russia.
Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 0.11% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people (133.2 million fewer people live in New Jersey).
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