Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 18 times smaller than Brazil.
Brazil is approximately 8,515,770 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 5.44% the size of Brazil. Meanwhile, the population of Brazil is ~217.2 million people (207.6 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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