Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 21 times bigger than Israel.
Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 2,010% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (678,613 more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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