Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 1.7 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 69% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (12.3 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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