Country size comparison
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Niger is about 2.7 times bigger than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 174% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (14.9 million more people live in Niger).
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