New South Wales (Australia) is 39 times larger than Israel.
Area: 20,770 km2 World Factbook
Population: 7,821,850 (July 2014) World Factbook
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, situated in the region of Western Asia, on the south-eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Wikipedia
New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW), is Australia's most populous state, and is located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria, south of Queensland, east of South Australia, west of Jervis Bay Territory and encompasses the whole of the Australian Capital Territory. Wikipedia