Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 1.7 times bigger than Gabon.
Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 73% larger than Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.3 million people (7.3 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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