Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 1.6 times bigger than Arizona.
Arizona is approximately 294,312 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 57% larger than Arizona. Meanwhile, the population of Arizona is ~6.4 million people (3.2 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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