Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 3.5 times bigger than Alabama.
Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 252% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (4.8 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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