Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 41 times bigger than Gambia.
Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 3,996% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (7.2 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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