Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 1.9 times bigger than Laos.
Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 95% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (1.8 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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