Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 20 times bigger than Belize.
Belize is approximately 22,966 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 1,915% larger than Belize. Meanwhile, the population of Belize is ~412,387 people (9.2 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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