Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is around the same size as California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 15% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (27.7 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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