Country size comparison
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Libya is about 3.8 times bigger than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 280% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~10.8 million people (3.3 million fewer people live in Libya).
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