Country size comparison
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Samoa is about 7 times smaller than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, making Samoa 14.74% the size of New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (8.6 million fewer people live in Samoa).
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