Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 17 times bigger than Burundi.
Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 1,563% larger than Burundi. Meanwhile, the population of Burundi is ~12.7 million people (3.1 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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