Country size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 9 times smaller than Uruguay.
Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 10.9% the size of Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (5.4 million more people live in New Jersey).
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