Country size comparison
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Oregon is about 1.9 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Oregon is approximately 248,631 sq km, making Oregon 53.72% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (5.8 million fewer people live in Oregon).
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