Country size comparison
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Portugal is about 4.8 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 379% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (1.5 million more people live in Portugal).
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