Country size comparison
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Marshall Islands is about 2,557 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Marshall Islands is approximately 181 sq km, making Marshall Islands 0.04% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (9.5 million fewer people live in Marshall Islands).
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