Country size comparison
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Bosnia and Herzegovina is about 9 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Bosnia and Herzegovina is approximately 51,197 sq km, making Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.06% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (5.8 million fewer people live in Bosnia and Herzegovina).
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