Country size comparison

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Switzerland is about 2.1 times bigger than New Jersey.

New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 115% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (283,196 fewer people live in Switzerland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Jersey vs. Switzerland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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