Country size comparison

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New Jersey is about 2.1 times smaller than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 46.54% the size of Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (283,196 more people live in New Jersey).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. New Jersey uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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