Country size comparison
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Sweden is about 23 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 2,244% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (1.7 million more people live in Sweden).
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