Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 4.2 times bigger than Guatemala.
Guatemala is approximately 108,889 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 325% larger than Guatemala. Meanwhile, the population of Guatemala is ~17.7 million people (8.1 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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