Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 42 times bigger than Jamaica.
Jamaica is approximately 10,991 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 4,111% larger than Jamaica. Meanwhile, the population of Jamaica is ~2.8 million people (6.8 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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