Country size comparison
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Kentucky is about 4.5 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 22.23% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (5.3 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
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