Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 20 times smaller than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 5.02% the size of New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (8.6 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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