Country size comparison
compared to
Cuba is about 4.2 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Cuba is approximately 110,860 sq km, making Cuba 23.95% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~10.8 million people (174,386 more people live in Cuba).
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