Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 1,465 times bigger than Malta.
Malta is approximately 316 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 146,368% larger than Malta. Meanwhile, the population of Malta is ~464,186 people (9.1 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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