Like New Zealand vis--vis New Jersey, by population (7)
I believe the answer is:
smaller
(Other definitions for smaller that I've seen before include "Sell ram (anag.)" , "More diminutive" , "Not as big as" , "Less extensive" .)
I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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