Country size comparison
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Djibouti is about 20 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Djibouti is approximately 23,200 sq km, making Djibouti 5.01% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~10.8 million people (9.6 million fewer people live in Djibouti).
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