Country size comparison
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United States is about 512 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 51,087% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (328.6 million more people live in United States).
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