Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 2.8 times smaller than Chad.
Chad is approximately 1,284,000 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 36.05% the size of Chad. Meanwhile, the population of Chad is ~18.0 million people (8.4 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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