Country size comparison
compared to
Alaska is about 3.2 times bigger than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 220% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (8.9 million fewer people live in Alaska).
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