Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 3.4 times bigger than Arkansas.
Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 243% larger than Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (6.7 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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