Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 1,553 times bigger than Maldives.
Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 155,215% larger than Maldives. Meanwhile, the population of Maldives is ~390,164 people (9.2 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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