Country size comparison
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Iceland is about 4.5 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 22.25% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (9.2 million fewer people live in Iceland).
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Papua New Guinea is 29.6% cheaper than Iceland overall
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