Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 1.2 times bigger than Japan.
Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 22% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (114.6 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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Make 11.0 times more money in Japan
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Moving from Papua New Guinea to Japan · OECD 2023
187 people moved from Papua New Guinea to Japan.
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