Country size comparison
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Dominican Republic is about 10 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Dominican Republic is approximately 48,670 sq km, making Dominican Republic 10.52% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (1.1 million more people live in Dominican Republic).
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