Country size comparison
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Virgin Islands is about 10 times smaller than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Virgin Islands is approximately 1,910 sq km, making Virgin Islands 9.94% the size of New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (8.7 million fewer people live in Virgin Islands).
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