Country size comparison
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New Jersey is about 39 times smaller than Zambia.
Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 2.55% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (10.9 million fewer people live in New Jersey).
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