Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 1.4 times bigger than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 41% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (28.8 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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